Overlord (Xbox 360)

Overlord is a unique, yet simple, pick up and play game. This game is meant for entertainment purposes, and humour, more than for hard-core gamers, and challenging levels. However, it implements this very well. Storyline: At best, the story line is simple, and almost childlike, which is obviously meant to be the case. It's a fairytale twisted on its head. You start of as the Overload of a derelict castle with very few minions beside you. As the game goes further, you discover things that increase you power, such as mistresses, minions and upgrades. Your main objective is to kill the good guys, or rather, the corrupt good guys. Each of ...  Read the complete review

Dungeon Keeper! What a great game that was, for the first time you got the opportunity to be the evil, faceless master of a dark fortress, rather than the gallant hero intent on slaying the wicked forces within... As I see it, Overlord continues where Dungeon Keeper left off, toning down the godgame elements of building your Dungeon from a place far above the action, and instead casting you as a ruler on the ground, spreading destruction and mayhem across the utopian lands from your own hand. Basically, the way Overlord works is that it's played from a first person perspective - you are the overlord, with a range of destructive magical spells, and ...  Read the complete review

This is one of those games that is just fun to play. Decent graphics, reasonable controls and plot make it good but the freedom for fun makes it great. In parts it reminds me of Fable with area layouts and voice acting etc but there's nothing more fun than setting your handpicked little army of demons to trash a house or maul a sheep whatever takes your fancy. I didn't quite get the whole choosing good v evil, the reason I bought it was to be purposefully Evil as part of the game, i'm always reluctant to go full evul in games like Fable but this one made it easy. Fairly easy achievemnts to get through as most are unlocked as you go through the story mode, ...  Read the complete review

Overlord is an action game for the Microsoft Xbox 360 games console. In this game you play as an evil overlord, for the first time in a videogame you are encouraged to be evil! Being an overlord you do not have to do too much for yourself, that is what your minions are for. They will aid you in the game home by fighting your enemies, carrying things and so on. Over the course of the game you will get more and more minions to do your bidding and different types of minions too You can fight for yourself, you do basic combos but the focus is clearly not on the fighting but on the control of your minions. This is an innovative ...  Read the complete review

Overlord, in my humble opinion, is one of the most underrated games of this generation. It's certainly one of my favourite games of recent times, and yet, it's so unlike anything else that it's very difficult to define. You play as the eponymous Overlord, and you start off as something of a nothing. You have a shoddy, broken tower, no evil minions and no woman on your arm. Throughout the game all this will change of course, and you will expand your empire, build a glorious tower and rule all the land as you see fit. As evil as the game may first appear, it's really not. It's very tongue in cheek and the 'evil' is more comedy bad guy than anything truly stomach ...  Read the complete review