#POPULOUS DEFINITION MANUAL#

We yet have to see how much of these dreams are going to make it into the actual game so for the time beeing patience is virtue of the hour. I still reserve my judgement on the Universim until there is more substance to actually play but the ideas and visions certainly seem to go for the right directions. Populous is a Latin word that means simply 'people.' It was adopted by English in the 15th century to mean 'full of people.' The adjective populous is easy to confuse with the noun populace, 'the people who live in a country,' especially since they are homonyms, or words that sound exactly the same.

Data: The presented population figures are projected according to the previous development to the given reference date. A populace simply refers to the group of people living in a particular place. Some agglomerations have more than one central city (e.g., 'The Ruhr').

#POPULOUS DEFINITION MANUAL#

Looks can be decieving and in this case they certainly do but if you can get past the pixel-art design it rewards with complex and well thought game mechanics allowing for dozens of different strategies and tactics to make the race for becoming the next true god ruling over the world after the previous one had left his creation behind for unknown reasons.Ī fair warning though, the learning curve is steep so this is not for kids or casual players but if you are out for a challenging and intelligent game about the ascension wars of those who would see themselfes as gods and their followers fighting for true godhood and dont mind actually reading the game manual instead of just clicking away. Definition: Urban agglomerations include a central city and neighboring places mostly linked by (more or less) continuously built-up areas.

Personally I would recommend Dominions 4 until something better shows up on stage.

Populous definition