You’ll find that if you do not use them wisely, you’ll lose a lot of minions, and could run out. In fact, upgrading your armor and weapons to maximum power can cost the sacrificed lives of thousands of minions, and they’re more than happy to jump headlong into a smelter for you – though some prefer to embellish it with a flip.Įven though your minions are happy to die for you, this does not mean you should just wantonly throw your minions at anything. Use them – they are nothing to you, and they are most happy when dying for their master. This is not an issue as minions are cheap and plentiful, and are all too happy to be either a meat shield or cannon fodder for your evilness. But be warned, you’ll often find yourself underpowered and not able to go up against tougher enemies until you’ve spent some time upgrading your armor and weapons. If path-finding becomes too difficult for your simple-minded hordes, you can manually lead them with a direct control system, referred to as “Sweeping.” If you’re more of the hands-on sort of Overlord, you can jump into the battle yourself, taking mighty swings at your opponents. While the minions will implicitly interact with whatever is in front of you, lock-on and quick switch controls allow you to keep your minions going to the right targets. Battling enemies (or attacking defenseless villagers) is handled much the same way. Easily and aptly compared to an evil version of Pikman, you’ll find yourself walking to a goal and pressing the send minion button. The majority of the gameplay involves you, as the evil overlord, leading your minions to your next goal and directing them to do your bidding.
And of course, in classic Overlord fashion, why get your hands dirty dealing with such lowly creatures when you have your own lowly creatures to do that for you.ĭo you even lift? No, I make my minions do it for me! Now it’s your job to find the heroes, all of whom have fallen to one of Christendom’s 7 deadly sins, and exact vengeance upon them, as well as recollect the artifacts taken from the tower. You’re quickly brought up to speed on the situation – the heroes conquered the tower and spread out the artifacts which gave the tower, overlord, and minions their power.
They succeeded, and now the minions, ever the loyal servants to any Overlord, have awakened you from the crypts to fill the roll.
It seems the tower was recently invaded by 8 Heroes seeking to end the reign of the previous Evil Overlord. In Overlord, you play – you guessed it – an Overlord, and you rule over a dilapidated evil tower. Haven’t you ever wanted to just bash open their doors, ransack their houses, set their crops on fire, murder their livestock, all before bludgeoning them to death as they scream for mercy to teach them a lesson? If you have, then you’re one sick bastard…and my kind of person! So I’ll share with you Triumph Studios’ Overlord, a game that will let you exercise some of those demons – and by exercise, I mean let it off the leash to run amok. The worst part – most people don’t even seem to really care after you’ve saved their meaningless, pathetic lives, and will only reward you with hollow thanks and expectations of future rescue. Calls to adventure, crossing thresholds, finding ultimate boons, and returning to save the day is a never-ending process on every Hero’s Journey.
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