• 1 Player
• Memory Card 15 Blocks
• Vibration Function Compatible
• Analog Control Compatible

Description:
Enter the world of Populous: The Beginning where you are god. Experience the only strategy game that puts the awesome powers of nature in your hands. Enforce your omnipotent influence over fantastic 3-D worlds. Wield your divine power to convert wildmen to your cause or cast them down in a hail of fire and brimstone! Behold the breathtaking landscapes from your seat in the heavens, or zoom in close for spectacular views of the cataclysm. Build your forces, annihilate the non-believers, and become ruler of the almighty universe in Populous: The Beginning , a strategy game experience of biblical proportions.

Features:

• Achieve immortality in the first true 3-D Strategy game
• Tame wild men and train tribesmen in beautiful worlds
• 360 Degree rotating globe complete with curved horizons
• Master 25 levels where you can raise and lower land masses
• Stunningly beautiful graphics allow you to watch over your domain from on high or zoom down to a richly detailed ground level perspective
• With 19 spells at your command, you have the power to inflict devastating damage on non-believers
• Combine warriors, spells, buildings and vehicles to customize attack and defense strategies

The game takes the form of a series of scenarios, in which you invariably have to beat seven bells out of the opposing tribes. It's important to nurture your followers, as it is their worship that grants you your magical abilities. So build your village well and stock up on warriors to ensure that, even if you die, their veneration will ensure your resurrection. As the game progresses, the scenarios get more and more complex, and your survival more difficult. Thankfully, your powers steadily increase also.

If there's one criticism to make of this deeply involving game it's that the learning curve is a bit skew-whiff. For the first half-a-dozen scenarios, you're happily bumbling along, making mincemeat of the opposition; then suddenly--bam!--things get much harder. If anything, though, this only serves to fuel your determination to crush the infidels ever more soundly. It's a great game, but just mind you don't get too many delusions of grandeur when you play it. -- David Bailey