mhr@aber-cs.UUCP (M Richards) (06/27/91)
Dear All. The July issue of `The One - Amiga' has a three page spread on Populous II. So for those who don't have access to this magazine, the details are : 1 : Its out in November (in the UK at least) from Electronic Arts. 2 : It looks like a cross between Populous and Powermonger, in that the landscapes are squared off like Populous, but have the height colouring of Powermonger. 3 : It has some role playing in it. (I don't want to start a discussion on role playing) The player is sometimes given the option to play a Greek God, and thus have all their special powers! 4 : Some games also force the player to fight against natural disasters. The computer gives warnings of how long it is until the next earthquake or flood, and you have to take countermeasures. 5 : There are some 35 different effects possible, involving fire, water, earth, air and people!! For instance there are the old favorites such as the volcano - except this time it actually erupts and pours molten rock everywhere!, and new effects such as firewalls, tornados, lighning and plagues of frogs!!!!! 6 : The gameplay is also less predictable than Populous I, your followers tend to go wherever they like on the map. And it isn't so easy to get on top of the opponent and win. (Sounds kinky doesn't it?) Well it all looks absolutely fantastic, tell you what, if you all send some money to me, I'll get my copy and post a review here? Sounds fair to me!!!! Mike. E mhr@aber.cs (UK) \S Mike Richards \V M mhr@cs.aber.ac.uk (inet)\N Dept of Computer Science \O +44 A ...!mcsun!ukc!aber-cs!mhr\A University College of Wales,\I 970 622435 I (uucp) \I Aberyswyth, Dyfed. \C L \L SY23 3BZ. UK \E