Populous: The Beginning

by zay • 16 Oct 2010, 13:57 • Journals
Despite having some minor flaws in balance, dumb AI and some bugs and glitches. I found this third game in the Populous series to be amongst the most fun and enjoyable RTS games ever made. Mostly due to the comic touch and grand feeling of actually being God that is so evident in this game.

image: Populous-the-beginning

Anyone else played it? What do you think about it?
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Saw Adrian Lux playing live yesterday night btw! Was awezymness.

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pietje666 16 Oct 2010, 15:12
played it in the past but became booring fast
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HugTheSub 16 Oct 2010, 15:18
that has already been the 3rd in a series?
wow didnt know.
was one of my fav games back in the days (when people still used to play awesome bullfrog games!!!)
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zay 16 Oct 2010, 15:36
It came out in 1998.. Duh :P
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HugTheSub 16 Oct 2010, 15:43
ye i said back in the days of theme hospital and that bunch
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zay 16 Oct 2010, 15:46
Yeah, great games tbh. Just sounded as if your where surprised that there had been a 3rd entry in the Populous series ;)
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HugTheSub 16 Oct 2010, 15:51
u sometimes forget how old gaming actually is ;)
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darthmob 16 Oct 2010, 15:27
I have been looking for ages for the title song of the original game on the Commodore. It's such an epic tune!

This is the closest I've found: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ug8S7Sklpk
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zay 16 Oct 2010, 15:34
That does sound awesome, much cooler than the soundtrack in PopTB
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maza 16 Oct 2010, 15:30
played it like 10 years ago and was so addicted :D it was way too good.. couldnt get it working on xp though :(
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zay 16 Oct 2010, 15:35
Try running in Windows 98 compatibility mode and try changing the resolution. Switch between the different graphic alternatives. Eventually got it working nicely on Vista here :) As well as on Win7
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maza 16 Oct 2010, 15:43
ow nice! i must try it out some day, would be kind of nostalgic :) like playing ET after 10 years when youve totally forgotten everything about it
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maza 16 Oct 2010, 15:55
what exactly did you do to make it work? i ran it 98 compatibility mode aswell as in 640x480 resolution. switched windows resolution to lowest possible also. the game wont run :L
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zay 16 Oct 2010, 16:04
Basically I ran it in Win98 mode, and switched to "Medium" in graphics. Also, try running it in either Sofware Rendered mode or Direct3D.
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maza 16 Oct 2010, 16:09
either software or directx option won't run the game and i cant run the game in the first place so cant set the graphics options either :L trying to patch it now
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zay 16 Oct 2010, 16:41
Damn. Not really sure what it could be then. I'm no tech genious, I just tried some stuff and eventually got it working :<
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Levin 16 Oct 2010, 15:46
+1 ausome :D
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maza 16 Oct 2010, 15:49
just started installing it again, u should do the same :))
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Levin 16 Oct 2010, 15:54
uhhm you think it works on w7 :P
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maza 16 Oct 2010, 15:59
zymon said he got it working!
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Levin 16 Oct 2010, 16:01
K gonna try then cu
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maza 16 Oct 2010, 16:02
tell me if you get it working
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zay 16 Oct 2010, 16:05
Got it working just fine on Win7. Couldn't play on the best resolution, but with some fingerskills you can easily navigate and get a good view over the battlefield anyway :)
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Frop 16 Oct 2010, 15:54
Never really played it, preferred turn-based games like Civilization "1", Colonization, X-COM series, etc.
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zay 16 Oct 2010, 16:45
Not bad games there either :>
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crook 16 Oct 2010, 16:33
I remember this game, was great fun once you started getting those badass powers :D
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zay 16 Oct 2010, 16:42
Yeah! Placing a Volcano in the middle of an enemy tribe's settlement is much satisfactory ^^
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4drenalin3 16 Oct 2010, 18:32
Paratanka!
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zay 16 Oct 2010, 19:31
Haha yeah, TAKKA!
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Snatix 16 Oct 2010, 16:58
old game, never liked it
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4drenalin3 16 Oct 2010, 17:45
All games by Bullfrog are epic, imo.

Played Populous quite a long time, same with Theme Hospital and Dungeon Keeper.
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zafoga 16 Oct 2010, 18:18
Syndicate !
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4drenalin3 16 Oct 2010, 18:33
I've only played Syndicate Wars, not the original.
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zay 16 Oct 2010, 19:32
Dungeon Keeper!
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zafoga 16 Oct 2010, 18:18
i got a copy infront of me right now , 1 epic game
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