tinyE: Great choice but in Black & White you START as a god AND you have a pet whatever you can send around to do your dirty work. I personally just like dangling people over the temple and watching my stats increase as I shake them around. Muhahahaha!
Correction: in Black & White you are a ridiculous floating hand which doesn't have half the power the shaman in Populous 3 has (or the wizards in Sacrifice for that matter) plus the major part of your job is rubbing an idiotic monkey's belly and picking up its poo. :P
Seriously, Black & White may be a lot of things but certainly not a god game. :P
Since I already mentioned it, add Sacrifice to that list. Seriously, I've rarely felt as powerful and magnificent as in the later stages of the game, leading legions of powerful monstrosities, throwing spells that shatter worlds! Muahahahaaa!