Enough said.

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Bullfrog != Lionhead.

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I know that. Peter Moleneux created Populous. Peter Moleneux created Bullfrog. Peter Moleneux created Lionhead.

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EA own the IP rights of all the Bullfrog games.

Quel dommage! At least we can expect it to come for the PC than, if there will ever be a sequel of course. Unlike Microsoft, EA seems to still earn money with games on this platform.

I ever thought Populous: The Beginning was not a very successor of the old Populous idea. In fact Black&White felt more like an evolution of the original gameplay. If Lionhead would have "improved" the gameplay of B&W2 more to the conflicts between a bunch of gods, rather than a beautiful city builder. Toped with some multi-player competition ... that could have been the unofficial successor to Populous.

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captainPATstarr:

Populous and Road Rash to Return?

EA files trademarks and expresses interest in old IP.

by Martin Robinson, IGN UK

UK, August 12, 2009 - Classic gaming franchises such as Populous and Road Rash could be returning to the current generation of consoles, with EA filing new trademarks for the games as well as expressing an interest in reviving old franchises.

Superannuation has picked up new trademark registrations for Populous, Theme Park, Wing Commander and Road Rash.

The discovery comes shortly after EA Bright Light Studio boss Harvey Elliot, a veteran of Theme Park and Populous developer Bullfrog, didn't rule out the possibility of the classic games returning in some form.

"I think there's an opportunity to bring those back in the future," he told Kikizo, "but only if it's right for the time and not just a 'remake' or something. We'd need to do it in a way that's true to the original values, but would still make a great game today."

It won't be the only Bullfrog game to be put through the remake machine – talented developer Starbreeze is currently lined up to revive the revered Syndicate brand in the near future.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/101/1013156p1.html

That pretty cool.

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heroicalarm:

captainPATstarr:

Populous and Road Rash to Return?

EA files trademarks and expresses interest in old IP.

by Martin Robinson, IGN UK

UK, August 12, 2009 - Classic gaming franchises such as Populous and Road Rash could be returning to the current generation of consoles, with EA filing new trademarks for the games as well as expressing an interest in reviving old franchises.

Superannuation has picked up new trademark registrations for Populous, Theme Park, Wing Commander and Road Rash.

The discovery comes shortly after EA Bright Light Studio boss Harvey Elliot, a veteran of Theme Park and Populous developer Bullfrog, didn't rule out the possibility of the classic games returning in some form.

"I think there's an opportunity to bring those back in the future," he told Kikizo, "but only if it's right for the time and not just a 'remake' or something. We'd need to do it in a way that's true to the original values, but would still make a great game today."

It won't be the only Bullfrog game to be put through the remake machine – talented developer Starbreeze is currently lined up to revive the revered Syndicate brand in the near future.

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/101/1013156p1.html

That pretty cool.

I wish Lionhead could make them though

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I'm sure Lionhead has enough on it's plate. Plus there probably looking forward to working on the new IP.

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XALAN:

I'm sure Lionhead has enough on it's plate. Plus there probably looking forward to working on the new IP.

 I know they do. But I really like PM work and would love to play tons of games by him and his teams.

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quaseman:

I ever thought Populous: The Beginning was not a very successor of the old Populous idea. In fact Black&White felt more like an evolution of the original gameplay. If Lionhead would have "improved" the gameplay of B&W2 more to the conflicts between a bunch of gods, rather than a beautiful city builder. Toped with some multi-player competition ... that could have been the unofficial successor to Populous.

I haven't played the first two Populous games, so I'm not sure how they were, but I liked the basic gameplay in Populous the Beginning a whole lot more than in Black & White.

I see two main problems with how B&W worked, and they are the incredibly convoluted and actually not too varied spell system, and the lack of villager combat. B&W2 at least looks like it improves on those points, by stripping most of the superfluous spells and including villager combat, but I thought the execution was lacking. Populous: The Beginning got both of these down awesomely. The spells are varied and the terrain effects allow awesome possibilities, and the RTS side is simple but still has some strategic depth.

I've had great times playing P:TB against friends. Battles always seem to play out as villager housing spam to get as much mana as possible, and then a shaman shootout with a bit of warrior support, but that's okay. Firing lightning bolts (instakills a shaman on a direct hit) at your enemies while dodging the bolts they fire at you (hard, but very rewarding) and trying to sneak within casting range of a swamp spell for an undodgeable instant kill is totally awesome. Then when the enemy shaman is dead you can wreck havoc in the enemy village with earthquakes and volcanoes while he tries to defend it as best he can while his shaman is waiting to respawn.

Replace the shaman by a creature and add your hand of god and the brilliant concept of an influence sphere (overlapping! B&W2 ruined the sphere) and that would've been an awesome B&W game.

My favorite part was the gameplay mechanic that allowed you to raise and lower the land. This could be added to another IP.

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Indeed, the land-shaping ones were definitely the awesomest spells available to you. I was really disappointed that they weren't in B&W.