Gamelinks heeft een review gepost van Populous: the Beginning.
Hier wat info over de gameplay en de bedoeling van het hele spelletje...
The general concept behind Populous: The Beginning is rather unique. Instead of the primary focuse being resources, it's more based on your people. When you start off (in most scenarios) you begin with a few braves and a Shaman. The Shaman is your extension into the world, allowing you to give orders to braves and other troops. The Shaman also weilds magic powers that charge through mana, and interesting twist that comes in handy throughout the game. Magic can be either constructive or destructive depending on the spell. My personal favorite is the tornado. You can actually see bits of houses flying when cast along with enemies (and sometimes your own people) being sucked into the funnel. The braves purpose in the game is to build structures. They can build a diverse number of structures from preist huts to warrior training huts to huts which help them pro-create. Huts that braves live in will go through various stages, and through these stages the huts will pro-create more braves depending on the size of the structure. After you've got a good foundation of braves, you can build your warrior training hut, which will turn your braves into warriors. Later on in the game you unlock more training huts for your braves including a firewarrior hut, and the spy hut among others. It's an interesting and diverse mix of troops, each are essential to winning the game, no matter how small of a part they play.
