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'''''Populous: The Beginning''''' is the third game in the PC strategy god games of the ''[[Populous]]'' series, developed by [[Bullfrog Productions]] in 1998. The game was the first in the series to use true 3D graphics. 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 from the earlier games and cast the player instead as a
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
* Remarkable in that on the [[PlayStation]], a single savegame took 15 blocks (ie. a complete 32MB card) and [[Loads and Loads of Loading|took forever to save and load]].
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* [[Arbitrary Headcount Limit]]:
* [[Artificial Stupidity]]: Sometimes enemy Shamans will try to defend themselves from melee assailants with the Swamp spell, killing themselves in the process. In addition, if you place a Swamp at the enemy Shaman's favourite hangout spot, she'll walk into it, die (giving you mana), reincarnate, then walk into it again. Rinse and repeat.
* [[Baby Planet]]: Although functionally, the planet is more like a toroid.
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* [[Death From Above]]: The Firestorm spell, which conjures a meteor shower. Extra points of awesome because of how everyone nearby will run around screaming in chorus.
** The trope name is also the name of one of the [[Timed Mission|timed levels]], where your Shaman and a ragtag bunch of followers must sneak into the enemy's base to summon a bunch Angels of Death to wreak havoc on them.
* [[Death Is Cheap]]:
* [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: In the
* [[Disc One Nuke]]:
* [[Divide and Conquer]]:
** The sixth mission has two enemies for the first time. The main aim of the map is to raise a landbridge between their bases which makes them attack each other. Or to be more exact, the Matak will direct their attacks at the yellow base while the Chumara redirect their route to your base to lead right next to the Matak base.
* [[Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud]]: The Tornado spell. Sucks up any units (including your own) and scatters them randomly across the landscape (possibly killing them or tossing them into [[Super Drowning Skills|water]]). Also tears buildings and trees apart.
* [[Easy Evangelism]]: The Convert spell. (Near-)instantly converts wildmen into Braves of the caster's side.
* [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]: You finally
* [[Enemy Exchange Program]]: Preachers.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: One of the singleplayer maps has {{spoiler|your tribe allying with one of your enemies to wipe out another}}. It only lasts for that map, then it's back to free-for-all.
* [[Fantastic Nuke]]: The Volcano spell. Summons a cone of fiery death that tears buildings apart and chars large tracts of land (see [[Salt the Earth]] below).
* [[Final Battle]]: The Armageddon spell. Creates an arena out of the earth, teleports [[Melee a Trois|every tribe]] into it then lets them [[Involuntary Battle to the Death|fight to the death]] until only one remains. Once cast, you lose control over your followers, and once finished, it (obviously) ends the level.
* [[Fog of War]]: Mostly avoided except in multiplayer and two single player levels.
** And even then there is only shroud and not fog. When the shroud is uncovered by a unit, the land remains fully visible even when the player's units no longer occupy the area...
* [[Game Mod]]:
** Similarly, there is a fan-made map editor floating somewhere on the internet.
** Despite the game's age, there are still two multiplayer matchmaker servers operating on the internet. Using them is possible via installing the relevant patch.
* [[Giant Flyer]]:
* [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]]:
* [[Hero Unit]]: The Shaman.
* [[Lady of War]]: Ditto.
* [[Large Ham]]: The announcer in the PSX port, who replaces the tooltips from the original game.
* [[Magical Incantation]]: Each spell (but one) has its own unique incantation that all the Shamans use.
* [[Mega Manning]]: The vast majority of singleplayer maps has this as
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]:
** One of the singleplayer maps is even based on this trope: you have to do the map with the
* [[Ridiculously-Fast Construction]]:
* [[Salt the Earth]]: Whenever a building is fully destroyed or lava flows over an area, the land underneath becomes charred and damaged, which cannot be built on. Fortunately, the land heals after several minutes.
* [[Sprite Polygon Mix]]
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* [[Terrain Sculpting]]: There are no less than four spells based around the manipulation of terrain, and doing so is one of the game's core tactical elements.
** The Volcano spell in particular can be used to not only destroy enemy buildings, but if you then use Flatten on the top of the resulting mountain, you can create a large area of high ground from which to assault the enemy with the high ground advantage.
* [[The War Sequence]]:
* [[You Require More Vespene Gas]]: Wood is the only resource, and trees always grow back unless you build buildings on top of them.
** And even then, the tree will grow back next to the building as close to
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