So simple, so good
Alongside Age of Empires I then had my two favourite games.
With the quite chaotic and most amusing gameplay a strategy game ever have had, populous gives you alot more then building houses and getting militarys to fight for you. It's so much more. By praying to stoneheads, totems, or vault of knowledge you learn new magics and buildings
The whole idea of havin a shaman as your tribe leader and that she reincarnates when dying is great.
With your shaman you can play god, with enough mana you feel invincble, just by walking around the map blasting little braves around makes you a happy man. You start upp at your reincarnation site, with your shaman and a pack of braves (villagers). From there all the fun starts, throughout the whole campaign you always weres a smile on your face. It's really hard to stop playing after you have got going and it's easy to learn.
The difficult is perfect and the whole idea is fantastic with the warriors, firewarriors, preachers and not to forget, the shaman that works as your miltary when u decide to attack another tribe
On the multiplayer side I know theres a matchmaker for it and theres alot of populous players out there, that also is a plus for this game
I think it's the simpleness that have made this strategy game what it is,
it's old but still I take it down from my shelf to clear some levels time to time