Review: Overlord 2
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For some reason I was always under the impression that Overlord was bad. I'm not entirely sure why, in retrospect.
I'm very tempted to buy this. Which is irritating, as I have other stuff I need to buy. Arrgh.
... That minion hugging the graveyard worker was the cutest thing I've seen all day.
I'm very tempted to buy this. Which is irritating, as I have other stuff I need to buy. Arrgh.
... That minion hugging the graveyard worker was the cutest thing I've seen all day.
Overlord 2 has been garnering much of the same negative feedback its predecessor got. Its good to see some positive reviews coming forth.
Like you said, for all the games faults, its still very fun.
Question: Do you think you would have gone through the same camera/control problems with the pc version? I played the pc version of the first Overlord and it wasn't as bad as you make it sound...
Like you said, for all the games faults, its still very fun.
Question: Do you think you would have gone through the same camera/control problems with the pc version? I played the pc version of the first Overlord and it wasn't as bad as you make it sound...
Thanks for the review. I just wish the video quality was higher. It looks like YouTube used to look before they implemented HQ/HD formats. Also, the splash screen is displayed in the fullscreen mode background. I guess you've broken Flowplayer, or are using an old version of it.
This looks like fun actually. I may have to pick this up. I am curious though, who the hell fed the mogwai after midnight? 
Not sure if the camera would work better on PS3 or PC -- and to be honest, friends of mine who've played on the 360 haven't been nearly as frustrated with the camera as I was. But it drives me insane. Especially the bit where it tries to point me in the "right" direction.
Hehe yes I had a little chuckle at that.Caimekaze said:
When Susan was saying how evil are you, I was waiting for her to say you are 'Timmy The Evil' evil
I shall have to pick up the demo off steam and give this a run about, though trying out aion for next few days.
I had a long-ass post here, but it got lost thanks to 404 error. So long story short:
Game is fun, funny, but minions tend to be just as stupid as you might imagine them.
At least Overlord doesn't die after 10 seconds of combat. And crafting is better... And.. well, it's a sequel that did a good job fixing mistakes of the past.
Game is fun, funny, but minions tend to be just as stupid as you might imagine them.
At least Overlord doesn't die after 10 seconds of combat. And crafting is better... And.. well, it's a sequel that did a good job fixing mistakes of the past.
If they can fix some of the past problems, which it sounds like they haven't, it could be fun...after all who can argue against: evil = fun?
Nice review. It looks fun, it does have its obvious moments of cuteness (reaper hugging). Might give it a go.
I ended up buying this game on impulse about a week ago...
Its not a bad game, but I really feel it is not worth a full game price, I'd say its a 20$ game at most.
Its not a bad game, but I really feel it is not worth a full game price, I'd say its a 20$ game at most.
I loved the first overlord and i love this one, it fixes many of the problems i had with the first game...with the exception of 2.
1) the camara can still be irritating, the PC version does not have as much of this problem
2) the boss "battles" are boring, this was deffinately the wrong direction to take the bosses. The first game you had to have good timing and tatics to get out of a boss battle without losing a bunch of minions. In this game, its like ok puzzle, move here, move there, attack...its just boring. I loved the sense the first game gave, a hero and the overlord going toe to toe in an epic battle. now its just like, ok you die now.
the new town system: i like, i always felt that taking over towns in the first game reaped no rewards
The new mistriss system: i like, what?
The tower: personally the decorations dont seem as creative as last game but it is still a cool tower none the less
The mounts: i like roling balls of fire
The story: the concept was good but since boss battles never felt epic the story suffered from that
I think this game is just as good as the original, mostly because the lack of a good boss fight really destorys the mood. And the legion soldiers start to get irritating.
1) the camara can still be irritating, the PC version does not have as much of this problem
2) the boss "battles" are boring, this was deffinately the wrong direction to take the bosses. The first game you had to have good timing and tatics to get out of a boss battle without losing a bunch of minions. In this game, its like ok puzzle, move here, move there, attack...its just boring. I loved the sense the first game gave, a hero and the overlord going toe to toe in an epic battle. now its just like, ok you die now.
the new town system: i like, i always felt that taking over towns in the first game reaped no rewards
The new mistriss system: i like, what?
The tower: personally the decorations dont seem as creative as last game but it is still a cool tower none the less
The mounts: i like roling balls of fire
The story: the concept was good but since boss battles never felt epic the story suffered from that
I think this game is just as good as the original, mostly because the lack of a good boss fight really destorys the mood. And the legion soldiers start to get irritating.
