 populous: the beginning is a strategy and god-style video game. it is the third entry in the populous video game series, developed by bullfrog productions in 1998. the pc version of the game was released november 30, 1998 and a playstation version was later developed and released on april 2, 1999. unlike earlier games in the series, which cast the player in the role of a god influencing loyal followers, the beginning took a radical departure and placed the player in the role of a shaman, who directly leads her tribe against opponents. throughout the twenty-five missions of the campaign, the player leads their tribe across a solar system, dominating enemy tribes and tapping new sources of magic, with the ultimate goal of the shaman attaining godhood herself. populous: the beginning was the first entry in the series to use true 3d computer graphics; bullfrog waited four years after populous ii: trials of the olympian gods so that the graphics technology could catch up to their vision for a new and different game in the series. the developers considered the addition of terrain deformation and manipulation, combined with "smart" villagers who automatically attended to tasks, to add an entirely new dimension to
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