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From: rouaix@inria.inria.fr (Francois Rouaix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Populous
Keywords: great game
Message-ID: <1366@inria.inria.fr>
Date: 5 Jul 89 09:37:45 GMT
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In article <7209@cbmvax.UUCP> unland@cbmvax.UUCP (Rick Unland - Regional Support) writes:
>
> BTW I think the game is excelent and is great to play, The graphics
>are fantastic and all the things going on make it a different game every time.

Sure ! Populous has been available in France for a few monthes already.
It's definitely a must. I don't remember reading a posting about
the two-player mode. I tried this one, with a 2400bps modem, and it works
just fine. We were able to finish the game, without getting ever
desynchronized. You can exchange messages with your opponent.
You can save game and start back later.
Concerning the game playability, there is a light drawback.
The levels (there are 500 of them) are not really progressive.
Some levels around 80 are much more difficult to play than later levels.

--Francois
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