From Dust - "spiritual heir" to Populous

Neil79 · 17 Jun 2010 at 13:13

Ubisoft reveals plans for Project Dust, the codename for an upcoming game being designed by Eric Chahi (Another World, aka Out of This World), described as a "spiritual heir" to Populous, the Peter Molyneux-designed classic that put the players in the role of a god (or at least a really powerful landscape architect). The game is intended for release during the spring of next year as a downloadable title for Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The news is accompanied by some concept art, the E3 Trailer from the game, and an internal Q&A talking with Eric Chahi about what he's been up to since the release of Heart of Darkness, and what to expect from this game, where he says: "Project dust is the spiritual heir to Populous.

The game is set in an extreme version of Planet Earth where nature unleashes her power in a much more violent way than what we are used to. Tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, volcanic eruptions are what the days are made of for the people of Dust. In this kind of God game, users will play with powers to manipulate the world around them. Ground, water, lava, fire, plants and trees -model the world like a child playing sand castles on the beach. With such powers, players will help their people resist, expand and migrate so they can accomplish their quest to find a safe place."

http://www.bluesnews.com/s/111273/project-dust-revealed

:eek:

MonkeykingZX · 17 Jun 2010 at 13:17

nice populous was awesome so hopefully this spiritual successor will be just as good

MikeB · 17 Jun 2010 at 13:22

i loved pop...what was the follow up game called, that was great as well

Le_Petit_Lapin · 17 Jun 2010 at 13:28

I wonder how many people are now questioning their choice to boycott Ubisoft...?

Ysmalari · 17 Jun 2010 at 13:54

MikeB said:
i loved pop...what was the follow up game called, that was great as well

Megalomania? Or was that a different franchise?

Nate--IRL-- · 17 Jun 2010 at 13:59

2 Things.

1) UBISOFT.
2) Populous 3 was crap

Is there any Populous 2 remakes?

Follow up was Powermonger?

Nate

MonkeykingZX · 17 Jun 2010 at 14:06

MikeB said:
i loved pop...what was the follow up game called, that was great as well

populous II trials of the olympian gods

Howitzer · 17 Jun 2010 at 14:37

Populous: The Beginning is still one of my all time favourites. I really hope this is just as good!!

lokiss · 17 Jun 2010 at 17:43

Hot Dang, when i saw weird looking dancing bods, storms, quaking and rough sky... there was me thinking Sacrifice.

Now if Ubi wana revisit that, they can lock and chain my pc to their physical drm servers for all id care

Populous was hum ho for me, prefered his more stuctured efforts like dungeon keeper.

Trailers stunning though, if thats in-game.

MikeB · 18 Jun 2010 at 15:39

the follow up as such wasn't called populous, was more a war sort of game, driving me nuts, can't recall it

MikeB · 18 Jun 2010 at 15:41

hah ha found it.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powermonger

Powermonger.......BEST GAME EVER!

Nate--IRL-- · 18 Jun 2010 at 15:43

*Ahem* Post 6 ^^^^^

Nate

MikeB · 18 Jun 2010 at 15:45

one day i'll learn to speed read properly

anyways...

Someone...please remake Powermonger....was a work of genius and would still work well now

Gimpymoo · 18 Jun 2010 at 15:57

I am not touching ANY Ubisoft title for the foreseeable future.

EddScott · 18 Jun 2010 at 16:05

Whats up with Ubisoft?

When you finish building the world do you get a pint of Guiness like in the advert?

Nate--IRL-- · 18 Jun 2010 at 16:12

EddScott said:
Whats up with Ubisoft?

The have a silly copy protection that requires a constant uninterrupted internet connection to play singleplayer games. Lose your connection and the game doesn't work and you lose your progress.

Nate

Schnippzle · 18 Jun 2010 at 17:49

Excellent stuff

Final8y · 18 Aug 2010 at 12:08

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-10-from-dust/703081

Neil79 · 18 Aug 2010 at 15:26

Nice one

FlukeRogi · 18 Aug 2010 at 15:38

MikeB said:
hah ha found it.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powermonger

Powermonger.......BEST GAME EVER!

Can't quote a source, but I'm sure Peter Molyneux once described it in a magazine interview as ****..

I liked it though.