Comments on: Overlord Not Over

By: Chemix

Chemix — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:31:43 +0000

You get the opportunity to be rather violent, but evil in a Palpatine sort of way? Nope, you never are really steering the plot, you’re just a passenger. It’s a bit annoying, but you can “pacify” yourself by slaughtering a village- repeatedly, capturing slave girls- funny, taking prized idols as personal trophies- thuggish, and of course if you want to be ridiculously cruel; sacrifice your minions at every chance and simply make your character the Uber Overlord and use minions only as strictly required- not very fun, but very mean.

By: Kast

Kast — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:51:36 +0000

Tried the demo, on the off chance I’d been mislead, but to my dismay Overlord really is a goody-two-shoes, being led by his hand by a know-it-all I’d rather drop kick into a pool of lava. As for the jester… what on earth stopped me from skewering him on his own jester stick thing.

I want to be evil, dammit! Sometimes you’ve really got to let loose.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:40:01 +0000

I ran into a rather tough part, put it off for a while, then got distracted by something else (the Crysis demo, I think – lord knows why) and never got back into it.

I’m gonna dive back in once I finish stalker, and will get the extra content. How much is it in USD? Like 5 bajillion by now?

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:44:43 +0000

The game’s fun, but the “evil” veneer is pretty thin. You’re not even as evil as the Dungeon Keeper in Bullfrog’s game of the same name, and they played that for laughs as well.

By: Homunculus

Homunculus — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:43:03 +0000

Heartily enjoyed LeatherRaven’s writing and the voice acting for this, it must have been a ball to make. You can imagine it and Fable comfortably co-habiting the same time and space, in much the same way Team Fortress 2 and No One Lives Forever seem to hail from the same era, aesthetic and sensibility.

I’m guessing (spoilers incoming, natch) the guy from the archetypal adventuring party that you play who died battling the original Overlord was their bard, as that was the only hero type whose corrupted counterpart was conspicuous by its absence.

That and it’s always the bard that bites it first.

By: Ocho

Ocho — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:20:54 +0000

Very enjoyable game, though I’m with the people who have said they’ve gotten lost or would’ve liked a map or compass.

I appreciate the DLC, I presume the hell motif allows them to bring back characters that you previously killed off.

By: Chemix

Chemix — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:09:31 +0000

I think the point of the game, if it can be said that it has a point and this isn’t a tacked on moral of the story, is that good is closer to evil than we generally think and that no one is above doing or becoming evil. What annoyed me was the lack of a map or compass and the general getting lost alot while getting yelled at through a crystal ball. I really wanted to beat the crap out of the minion master from the start as I had the feeling he was always about to stab me in the back, and when he did I just couldn’t help but say that I saw it coming and it annoyed me to all hell.

Velvet vs Rose came down to sexy bitch vs smart bitch and I didn’t really care for either more than the other, hell I tried to take both, but sadly, no, it doesn’t work that way.

Otherwise it was highly entertaining and something I hadn’t experienced before. Makes me wish my team mates in TF2 were more like minions, at times, people have better pathing than AI ever will, but listening skills are something of another matter.

By: KingMob

KingMob — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:09:03 +0000

You can play as ‘evil’ and – err, I can’t seem to make a spoiler tag work here? So I can’t tell you the exact evil things you can do…. There are only 3 or 4 actual ‘evil’ choices you can make in the game, but most of them are pretty darn evil. They also help the evil ending happen.
Of course, in addition to the evil choices you have in the game’s plot, there are quasi-evil things you can do for fun, like kill off an entire town’s population ’cause you feel like it, pretty much any time you feel like it. These are not tracked too closely but these types of deeds add up in the aggregate, helping your tower look more evil and stuff like that.

PS. I loved the game, and if this is available on Steam I’ll get it. Will give me some incentive to finish my ‘evil’ playthrough.

pps. The world needs more games with underlings that automatically do their jobs without needing to be micromanaged. RTS developers take note: I want healers that heal folks around them automatically, squads that can be set to automatically reinforce, or withdraw to the closest strong point if overmatched. I want defenses that build themselves based on my general guidelines and defenders that set up patrol patterns without being asked.

I want… see what I mean? I want to sweep my guys over part of the landscape and see it changed. Look at the game and whatever should obviously be done gets done.

By: The_B

The_B — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:59:34 +0000

I’m in a similar position to Seniath, in that I only got so far into it before I stopped, but that was mainly due to building a whole new computer with Vista, and I still haven’t got around to installing it and continuing. But what I played, I enjoyed…

Of course, given Codies and CVG gave me a free copy of the game along with a shiny new Graphics Card it could be said I’m biased… but hey…(I won it in a competition by the way, I don’t take bribes, unless they come gift wrapped ¬_¬)

By: elias

elias — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:16:46 +0000

I picked up the original for the 360 on Friday; I’ve wanted it since I played the demo, and it seems like stores aren’t really carrying it anymore (I got the last copy at the store I went to). Also, I had a coupon.

Anyway, not sure yet if I’ll get the extra content packs.

By: fluffy bunny

fluffy bunny — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:03:11 +0000

“The moment that wagon moved in and started bossing me around I’d had enough.”

Well, you can ditch her later on…

By: Seniath

Seniath — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:02:33 +0000

I really need to get back an finish this. I got distracted by…Burnout Paradise I think. And then a return to ET:QW. And then DMC4. And then Audiosurf. God, I need a holiday to clear out this list of half finished games.