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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, Wishlist +1, thx.
Glad to see the hits keep on coming, thanks GOG!
Nice release, better than the prequel too.
I don't understand how this wasn't bundled with Populous 1.
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bazilisek: I honestly doubt anyone ever beat all 1000 levels.
My brother did. Two or three times. All 1, 2 and The Beginning.
From the description:
You are a demigod, child of Zeus and a mortal women.
A women? Grammar Nazi strikes again!
Post edited November 17, 2011 by Flaose
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bazilisek: I honestly doubt anyone ever beat all 1000 levels.
No need to, as, if I remember correctly from the Amiga version, every time you beat a level you skip ahead two or three or maybe even four levels (this might be due to your perfomance). I know I beat the very last level of this game on my first try in a six hour nightly session... man, this was brutal but for some reason I did it. Never again.
Good times. Definitely one of Bullfrog's best. I'm amazed by how old the game is though. Has it really been that long since I've last played it? Huh. The first Populous is a very fun game, but its sequel is much more worthy of attention since it's definitely bigger and better.

Here's to hoping we'll also see 'The Beginning' here soon. While it changes things around quite a bit, I've always found it to be a lot of fun in its own right.

P.S. I wouldn't mind more Westwood titles either. Lands of Lore was definitely a great start though.
Post edited November 17, 2011 by mistermumbles
Expansion?
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deadfolk: Fingers crossed for Powermonger.
This.
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jamyskis: Expansion?
No exps for EA games, remember?
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Flaose: From the description:
You are a demigod, child of Zeus and a mortal women.
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Flaose: A women? Grammar Nazi strikes again!
>.>

You know what's sad? My eyes are clearly not as good as they used to be.

So old. ;__;
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TheEnigmaticT: >.>

You know what's sad? My eyes are clearly not as good as they used to be.

So old. ;__;
Fahrenheit's description has a typo too :P
Holywood
Post edited November 17, 2011 by korell
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korell: Fahrenheit's description has a typo too :P
Holywood
Holywood being the slightly lesser-known destination for gathering tree-based supplies for religious ceremonies.

>.>
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korell: Fahrenheit's description has a typo too :P
Holywood
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TheEnigmaticT: Holywood being the slightly lesser-known destination for gathering tree-based supplies for religious ceremonies.

>.>
Well, there is a town in Northern Ireland:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holywood

But I prefer the one on Discworld:

http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/Holy_Wood