Bad guys always get the short end of the stick....but not this time

User Rating: 8.5 | Overlord X360
By CapmJim | Review Date:
Thats how it usually is isnt it. We see these movies and games like lord of the rings(which much of this game seems rooted in) and the bad guys dont get too much justice. Overlord changes this by letting you become the big bad guy himself. The game starts out simple enought. Your are found by your minions beneath your ruined tower and your tasked with rebulding your minion army, rebuilding your tower to its former glory and killing off the seven now corrupt heroes that did your predecessor in....although it would have been nice to kill some not corrupt heroes its still good.

First off gameplay and controls. Well the gameplay is pretty simple but satisfying. You control your minons with the Right trigger to send them or sweep them along with the right thumbstick. Occasionly the minions dont go all where you want but thats really the only control issue i have. You send them after enemies and they pretty much maul them....or if its a tough one they get mauled. There is some stategy to this. Say a troll comes. You cant attack it up front you have to get to its back or your minions get smacked. Your overlord isnt a pushover either(well at the start he is) but if you upgrade his armor and weapons he can attack with swords axes and maces and even fire, and other sorts of magic later on. All in all its pretty fun. Plus you have forging armor,weapons and other things and you can even put minions into it to make it have better stats such as regenration.

Graphics and sound. The sound effects are fine. Im dont really pay much attention to sound in a game but it did not bother me at all. Graphics are very nice as well. While it isnt Gears or Graw 2 but they are still excellent. It kind of looks like a next gen fable sort of.

All in all i think it is a very enjoyable game and is at the very least worth a rental.

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