Populous III

[FritzDerochebrune]

Does anyone know this game? I still play it some times, since it still works on my PC :D

 

This was my first RTS game, and I've spend hours playing it... The good old days... Simple, yet always a challenge. I still remember the first village I build... It is a shame you couldn't get more inhabitants than 200...

 

So, has anyone else played this game? The full title is: Populous III: the new beginning, if I'm not mistaking that is.

 

Cya

 

Fritz

[Jonlissla]

Wasn't Populous the prequel to Black and White? If I remember correctly, you played as god, right?

[FritzDerochebrune]

Wasn't Populous the prequel to Black and White? If I remember correctly, you played as god, right?

 

Only in the last level :D During the rest of the game, you are a shaman who tries to become a god by conquering world after world. :D

 

it is possible it is the prequel to B&W, but I don't know for shure.

 

Cya

 

Fritz

[Switch]

It wasn't a proper prequel to B&W but it was probably listed as another "god game" to compare it to when B&W was near release. It wasn't by Lionhead Studios but the now non-existant Bullfrog if I recall correctly.

 

I thought the title was just Populous: The New Beginning, no III or what have you. It was... well it wasn't my first RTS, but it was the first where I got an experience of building a village and stuff, which I think was one of the main things I enjoyed about it! That, and using cheat codes to destroy the opposing villages with volcanoes and tornadoes. :D I couldn't really beat them legit back then, found it too hard. Come to think of it it was pretty advanced for its time... first game I'd seen with real-time permanent terrain deformation (reducing land to smouldering craters with meteor storms was uber fun). Definitely a great game at the time. I think I've still got it around here somewhere.

 

I think my first RTS was actually Kings and Castles II, or it was some name like that. You could build castles and stuff and take over regions of a country... it was pretty old when I played it and that was like 10 years ago now. Had to even use DOS to boot it up... and then I went and lost the disk. :/

[FritzDerochebrune]

I thought the title was just Populous: The New Beginning, no III or what have you.

Yes, I was doubting as well. It was only the demo I played wich had the 'III' in its title. The game itself hadn't, but I thought they just forgot to place it on the box... :blush:

 

And indeed: it was very advanced. I allways used decay to let all paths the enemy could use to attack my village sink :P Then I'd build myself an army, used 'landbridge' and attacked :D

I think my first RTS was actually Kings and Castles II, or it was some name like that. You could build castles and stuff and take over regions of a country... it was pretty old when I played it and that was like 10 years ago now. Had to even use DOS to boot it up... and then I went and lost the disk. :/

DOS? yes that must have been very old :P Just like the first game I ever played: Jill in/of the Jungle... I lost that floppy too... :(

[simsarmy]

Oooh.. I loved that game!

I could never get past the level where your shaman is trapped by a enemy shaman... But I was a youngin, and my gaming skill was lacking.

Saddly, my Populous disk no longer works, and I cannot retry the level I speak of.

 

I always loved the (Sim) feel of the game, I would play without fighting for ages, then when it got boring I would attack my enemy with a massive force I gained by spending much more time on each level then nessercary. :rolleyes:

[Ferdil]

It wasn't a proper prequel to B&W but it was probably listed as another "god game" to compare it to when B&W was near release. It wasn't by Lionhead Studios but the now non-existant Bullfrog if I recall correctly.

 

The game designer of Bullfrog was Peter Molyneux, and he moved to Lionhead studios in 1997.

[Jonlissla]

The game designer of Bullfrog was Peter Molyneux, and he moved to Lionhead studios in 1997.

 

You mean that he was involved with Dungeon Keeper as well?

[FritzDerochebrune]

Oooh.. I loved that game!

I could never get past the level where your shaman is trapped by a enemy shaman... But I was a youngin, and my gaming skill was lacking.

Saddly, my Populous disk no longer works, and I cannot retry the level I speak of.

 

I always loved the (Sim) feel of the game, I would play without fighting for ages, then when it got boring I would attack my enemy with a massive force I gained by spending much more time on each level then nessercary. :rolleyes:

 

Ah yes... good old times... Can't remember how I got past that level anymore, but I can remember it. I'm going to search that CDR tomorrow and play the game again. :rolleyes:

[Stanhead]

I loved that game. Sadly I never finished it without cheating. Every time I got stuck I'd just release a dozen Angels of Death and watch the carnage. :)