Populous DS
Peter Molyneaux's pioneering "God game" gets resurrected and re-imagined for a new generation of handheld strategists in Populous DS. This time players take control of five different deities, and make use of…
Populous DS is a strategy developed by Genki, released 21 February 2008 on Nintendo DS.
What Populous DS is
Populous DS is a strategy game developed by Genki and released in 2008. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Nintendo DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Peter Molyneaux's pioneering "God game" gets resurrected and re-imagined for a new generation of handheld strategists in Populous DS. This time players take control of five different deities, and make use of each God's unique elemental miracles to manipulate terrain and encourage the growth of a civilization. Solo gamers can take part in the 50-mission campaign or tackle the "Warrior Hunt" mini-game in the "Free Play Mode," and multiplayer action lets up to four people battle one another using earthquakes, tidal waves, and volcanic eruptions.
How it was received
Populous DS holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 3,249 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Populous DS launched on 21 February 2008, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Devil May Cry 4 and Audiosurf. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Devil May Cry 4, Audiosurf.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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