Advantages: Fun gameplay, easy to use controls Disadvantages: It's not what it was, slightly dated now
This review is for the Nintendo DS game, Populous, developed and published by Electronic Arts. The game is a god game, based on the old Amiga game.
In Populous, you are a deity and have land where you need to build properties and increase the number of followers, in order for you to be able to defeat another community on the same land. You can also use your powers to cause damage, such as earthquakes and flatten land, to slow down your opponents.
The controls are very comfortable to use, primarily using the stylus and touch screen to be able to flatten land and use other functions. These work well, and the d-pad is used to navigate through the menus and other options. Some considerable thought and effort has been put into these, and it works well.
There are a total of fifty levels to work through, so it will take you some time to work ...
Advantages: Fine strategy game. Beautiful graphics and music. Disadvantages: Missing many of the things which made earlier Populous titles so great.
I think it's about time I reviewed something I don't like - I'm giving out too many high marks here. It'll have to wait though because Populous is great, despite a few flaws.
I've been a fan of this game since it's first incarnation on the Amiga back in 1461 (ish). I loved it. I went straight out and bought Powermonger, the unofficial sequel. I loved that. Then the real sequel came out, so I bought it - and guess what - I loved it. Although I thouroughly enjoy playing Populous The Beginning (PTB from now on) I do feel slightly dissapointed. Allow me to explain:
The Populous series concerns the quest for Godhood. The central idea is that Gods need worshippers for their power. In order to defeat another deity, therefore, you must nurture your people and destroy those who follow your enemy. When you have purged the unbelievers from ...
dogscoff 02.04.2001 (05.05.2003)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Populous III (PC)
Advantages: Excellent, enjoyable and addictive real time strategy game Disadvantages: Addicted to playing
The Populous Series
The Populous series was a series of strategy based god games developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts. The first game was released in 1989, developed for the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and finally going on to the PC.
In first series of games it involved the player to take on the role of a deity, the player had the ability to shape the landscape, cast spells, grow their civilization and lead the followers into battle against an enemy opponent with an overall aim to expand and conquer the number of different worlds.
The first two games that came out Populous and Populous II were really similar, based on being a god you commanded your followers to build and fight, the more they conquered the land the more powerful you became as a god. The games emphasis was concentrating on flattening ...
Product Information for "Population: Me - Dwight Yoakam" »
Product details
Title
Population: Me
Performer
Dwight Yoakam
Genre
Country
Sub Genre
Contemporary Country
Release Date
30/06/2003
Original Release Year
2003
Label / Distributor
Universal IMS / Universal Music
Producer
Pete Anderson
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
684038817627
Additional notes
Album Notes
Personnel: Dwight Yoakam (vocals, acoustic guitar); Willie Nelson (vocals); Pete Anderson (acoustic & electric guitars, D-neck guitar, mandolin, percussion); Gary Morse (pedal steel guitar, banjo, dobro); Earl Scruggs (banjo); Scott Joss, Gabe Witcher (fiddle); Lee Thornburg (trumpet, trombone); Skip Edwards (keyboards); Bob Glaub (bass); Don Heffington (drums); Jonathan Clark, Timothy Schmitt, Tommy Funderbunk (background vocals). Seventeen years into his recording career, having ventured into everything from rockabilly to Clash covers, Dwight Yoakam is far past the Buck Owens-carbon copy stage. Though a couple of songs on POPULATION ME do tip their cowboy hat to the classic Bakersfield sound, the album explores a wide variety of Americana styles. The opener "The Late Great Golden State" resembles nothing so much as an early Eagles country-rock classic. At the opposite end of the record, closing tune "The Back of Your Hand" is more of an introspective, singer-songwriter affair. In between, Yoakam teams with none other than Willie Nelson on the powerful broken-hearted ballad "If Teardrops Were Diamonds," and proves himself the reigning king of country self-effacement on "I'd Avoid Me Too."
Album Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (7/25/03, p.72) - "...This is a long hillbilly wallow, and a fine one at that." - Grade: A-
Titles on disc 1
1.
Late Great Golden State
2.
No Such Thing
3.
Fair To Midland
4.
Exception To The Rule
5.
Population Me
6.
Stayin' Up Late
7.
Trains And Boats And Planes
8.
If Teardrops Were Diamonds
9.
I'd Avoid Me Too
10.
Back Of Your Hand
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