Populous review - Sega Megadrive
Ever felt the urge to play God? Now you can, thanks to this amazing Megadrive 16-bit computer conversion from Bullfrog/Electronic Arts.
The object is to eradicate the followers of the evil God - your opponent - by constantly improving conditions for your own followers. Raising and lowering the land gives your people a flat surface to live on, and they build houses in which to "create" more followers. And the more followers you have, the more manna (energy) they produce, and the stronger you become.
As you become more powerful, earthquakes, floods, and swamps can be created to destroy those who serve evil, and you can order your people and even create knights to fight and kill the enemy.
Success can only be achieved when all the enemy's people have been wiped out. Needless to say, he's not going to take this lying down! All the time you're cultivating the land, he's doing the same - so be prepared for the worst.
When you've destroyed all the evil God's people, you move onto the next level. There are 500 in all, and the evil God's abilities increase the further you progress - on later levels you need all your cunning to defeat him! Well, who said a God's life was easy?
What the Mean Machines staff thought
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Retrospective comments
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I first experienced Populous on the Atari ST and the game blew me away. In terms of concept it was bold and original, but thankfully it was fun to play too and amazingly challenging. |
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