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For those days when living a life bounded by the rules of mortals is just getting you down, GOG adds the phenomenal god game Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods to the catalog for just $5.99

You are a demigod, child of Zeus and a mortal woman. Your destiny is to be become a god, to sit on the peak of Mount Olympus and be master of all you survey. You must fight your way through a massive pantheon of Greek deities to prove your worth to Zeus and assume your rightful place. It won’t be easy--a demigod has a lot to learn and many struggles ahead before learning everything there is to be a god, but you have your start. You have your first followers. And soon, soon you will rule them all.

Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods improves on its predecessor in every aspect. This time your divine interventions are much more powerful, and you have a whopping 30 powers to choose from, niftily divided into 6 subcategories like earth, fire, wind, water, plants, and people. Of course it’s not like a simple demigod can spam his lightning bolts, one must fill up his manna meter through the worship of a growing number of believers. As in the first installment of the Populous franchise, your leaders can be transformed into heroes, transforming them into one of six legendary figures in the Greek mythology. There’s more mythic stuff in Populous 2: Trials of Olympian Gods: when one of two players controls 75% of the map, ancient Greek monsters are unleashed upon the map to wander around and destroy everything in their sight, ensuring a swift resolution between both sides. With over 1000 missions to beat for only $5.99, Populous 2: Trials of Olympian Gods is one helluva god game adventure meets real time strategy treat!
Cool this is indeed a classic. Wishlist for now though til i get some cash.
Hmm I vaguely remember this game, just can't remember if I enjoyed it back in the day. I'm intrigued.
Didn't know that the second one was already from 1991. Wishlisted.
Very Nice, GOG! Instabuy :-)
I wish it had more bonus.
Kinda hoped for more Westwood, but oh well, maybe next time... :/
nice release, but yeah not much bonus.
Post edited November 17, 2011 by lugum
Still waiting for populous 3
This is an excellent game, definitely. It's so simple and yet so addictive, and it'll eat up tons of time. It's classic Bullfrog, and it'll hook you just ilke Theme Park, Theme Hospital et.c. did.

OTOH, its presence here makes the original Populous quite redundant, and it's very odd that it's being sold as a separate game when games such as Lands of Lore 1 and 2 are bundled.

Not that this makes Populous 2 less worthy of the asking price. It's great and definitely worth buying. And it's better than Populous 1 in pretty much every way you can think of.
Post edited November 17, 2011 by Zeewolf
Never played this one. On the wishlist.
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Zeewolf: This is an excellent game, definitely. It's so simple and yet so addictive, and it'll eat up tons of time. It's classic Bullfrog, and it'll hook you.

OTOH, its presence here makes the original Populous quite redundant, and it's very odd that it's being sold as a separate game when games such as Lands of Lore 1 and 2 are bundled.

Not that this makes Populous 2 less worthy of the asking price. It's great and definitely worth buying.
also because populous 1 and 2 arent that big of size compared to lol 1 and 2.
but then again they say size dont matter. well thats what i try convince my girlfriend atleast.
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Zeewolf: OTOH, its presence here makes the original Populous quite redundant, and it's very odd that it's being sold as a separate game when games such as Lands of Lore 1 and 2 are bundled.
It is kinda strange. Maybe GOG need a 3.99 price point ... well, we'll probably just keep getting less gracious. "5 cents for a game? Hah!"
In my opinion, the best part of the frenchise... will grab it in about 10 days :)
ahh my fave populous game 2 weeks till I have money again... think I may have to go overdrawn...