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A bit poo really. Disappointing.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: July 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was hoping to have some fun on this game, I gave it two evenings and then gave up on it. The control system is rubbish, the boundaries on the game are rubbish. You basically walk around and control a swarm of minions to do predictable things like smash pots and chop up flowers. Woo.

It should have been called Disneys Overlord. Or Fisher-Price, my first Overlord. The other reviewer is right. Your evil tasks include freeing human slaves from other evil creatures and getting food for them. After the 5 hours of tiresome play I took it back to the shop.

Everyone's got their own opinions but the rubbish voice acting, rubbish "humourous" comments and complete lack of diversity in play (run here, point minions at fallen bridge, onto next room, point minions at bad guys) made sure that I fell asleep not once, but twice while playing.

Cack with a capital C.

Non Review --- but with a short word of advice.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 19
Date: December 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Game: Not my thing.

My Advice: Whenever possible gamers should take advantage of the free game demo downloads available on Xbox Live before spending the cash for a game that may be lacking. I tried the demo to this game and knew quite quickly that this would not be a game that I would enjoy. I mean, seriously, if the game makers can't put their title's best foot forward in a short playable demo then the full game is not likely to be good either.

Save money for good games.

Good but Flaws

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 13 / 14
Date: July 24, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is an ok game. It plays like everyone else says it does, but there are definately some programming flaws throughout. They mostly happen when you do things in an order the game does not expect you to. One area for example, you must kill the musician to get your creatures to stop dancing in a trance. I did that. I left the area for something and came back, so they started dancing in their trance again getting killed by the locals. Well the musician was still gone, no music playing, so I had no choice but to watch them die.

The game is very linear. Yes, no map is horrible and yes, you can and do walk around in circles. Some areas, everything looks the same.

It is an addicting game so far, but if you play this, you have to admit that no matter how cute some of the sayings are, they get rather annoying after a few hours. They say the same things over and over and over. Many areas, the sayings are triggered by where you walk past, so every time you walk past the same area, you hear the same saying over and over.

I would put this as a game worth closer to $40, not $60.

Funny BUT Flawed

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: August 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As my title states the game can be pretty funny, but also pretty flawed. Comedy comes from everywhere in the game. Your minions can use just about anything in the environment including pumpkins from plundered fields as helmets. The game also pokes fun at fantasy epics such as lord of the rings, and other stories where heroes are, well heroes. One of the games main objectives is that as the overlord you are to get revenge on the 7 heroes who killed you before. As you find the heroes throughout the game you discover that they have become corrupt and now seem more from the mind of Tim Burton or the American McGee's Alice. The company deserves credit for coming up with a fairly new concept, something that isn't seen enough these days. Also the graphics are pretty good on a regular TV unlikes some games (dead rising, I'm looking at you). The way you come about upgrades is also an interesting feature. Remember above where I mentioned the pumpkins? Well as you destroy barrels and other items, your minions keep some of the items they find and it increases them. As far as your character, you find new health bars, mana bars, and new spells in cauldrons that you need your minions to carry off for you. Your tower can even be upgraded. When you start out in the game, your tower is a mess from the onslaught. As you go through the game, and get your mistress, options become available to improve the tower in many ways from banners, to marble floor leading to your thrown, to water fountains.

The game has its share of problems though. First off the tutorial could have been better, I ended up figuring most things out on my own. Another big problem for me is there isn't really support for custom soundtracks. Sure you can play the music from your computer or harddrive, but it doesn't lower or stop for the voices that cut in from time to time. Luckily there are subtitles though, so you don't miss anything. The lack of an in-game map on your HUD, or as far as I know all together, gets frustrating. I found myself exploring areas I already cleared, and completely missing whole other areas. Another feature I would have liked to see is controlling two or three groups of minions at a time. You can only control them all, or just one group. The minions themselves are alright, but sometimes they were hard to control, and this lead to frustration. One part in these mines, blockades were set up off to the left and right, and dwarves were spread out in the room. Well I tried directing my minions to the dwarves, but they kept stopping to destroy the blockades that they could have just gone around. In the end I lost more minions here then I should have. I haven't tried the on-line part of the game yet.

In the end though, the game is worth a rental, at least with the current asking price of $60, which I think is steep for most games. At the same time though I understand that a lot of work has to go into games these days. Anyway, The game has its flaws yes but none of them so far are frustrating enough to make me stop playing it for good. There is also the option for downloaded content on the main menu, but nothing is available on the marketplace as of yet. there could be a lot of potential there though.

Probably boring for the hardcore gamer; good fun for the rest of us

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is perfectly fine if you are just looking to sit back, relax, and have a few hours of casual gaming. If you are looking for a game that will change your life, naturally this is not for you.

The only two gripes I have are the same as every reviewer's: no map and very limited camera control. However, if you can get past those two problems (which I have done) then this game provides some decent fun. If you didn't like Pikmin, you probably shouldn't play this game.

Also it's worth noting what others have remarked on, that this game is more of a light-hearted, humorous spoof on fantasy than a truly "dark" game. You can kind of choose how evil you are but even if you are 100% "corrupt" the game always remains on the cartoon-y side. But that is consistent with the overall atmosphere of the game. As far as the Xbox 360's current line-up goes, I would say Overlord is on a par with games such as Viva Pinata.

Graphics can only take you so far

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The game is a 100% graphical masterpiece. Everything in the environment is colorful and reacts with a strong visual appearances. Although the game falls short onces the visual appeal falls away. The game lacks interesting objective and is far to linear. The ability to control a "Army" is fun but grows weary and repetitive. Its a fun game to walk around and enjoy the scenery but lacks stimulant for me to keep playing.

Is that ALL??

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Not quite what I was hoping for. This game has the look and feel of an original xbox game. I'd imagine the main reason it's on the 360 is because of processing power. Controlling umpteen minions onscreen at a time would probably meet slow-down issues on a last-generation system.

My main gripe with this is of course that the other aspects of the game should be lifted to meet at least SOME of the system's abilities. Your main character - the Overlord - really takes a backseat to the minions throughout the game. Obviously, the minions are the stars. But does that mean I have to be limited to swinging my melee weapon in ONE preset combo? I get a handful of generic spells, too, but their effectiveness and fun has yet to be seen.

The minions are awesome. They're my reasoning in giving this game a 3 and not a 1. They grab whatever they can find and wear it, equip it, or God-forbid, drink it. The first time I saw them wandering around with "dead rat hats" on, I just about ______.

But... there's no action/rpg aspect to this game. It's just the action. My gripe is that some rpg elements could have been EASILY afforded and they wouldn't have detracted from the whole of the game. I want to see what all my minions are wearing, or swinging, but I can't. I want to at LEAST know if I have one or two minions who are stronger than the rest, and be able to set them aside during battles that would kill them. What good is it to have minions who pick up better and better weapons, yet I can't "store" them and bring in some newbies so that I don't have to keep on starting over everytime a few minions die. I want to find out where the hell I am, but there's no map. Even the "objective" list is so vague, I can't tell where I'm supposed to go to do whatever the game is demanding of me next. I need a mistress for my castle, right? Well there are ladies in every village. But I have to find that ONE in Bum____ Egypt. Without a map, no less.

I think my biggest complaint with this game is the tone. I really like the minions and the things they yell when they find something or attack an enemy. Even the Minion Master has that dark humor, and it's great.

But when I say "tone," I'm talking about the premise that I bought this game for, and have yet to see. I'm evil. I'm going to kill hobbits and heroes, and conquer the land. Now, I had little problem swallowing the idea that I "should" let the villagers live so that there's someone left to worship me once I'm in charge. But every "Hero" in this story is evil - not heroic - and you're praised as a savior by every town you come to.

I loved Jade Empire, and I'm just starting to crack open Fable. These two games let you reeeally be evil if you wanted to. But not Overlord, which says from the get go that you're the bad guy and that's how it's going to be. You and your minions talk the talk, but you don't walk the walk. Hobbits loot, pillage and oppress townsfolk. And you run around freeing slaves, returning stolen food, and basically anything you can do to be a great big hero.

Baa humbug.

This game gets a 3 for a spattering of dark humour and the endless enjoyment I get from killing sheep. Gameplay is so-so. Innovation is null - even controlling the minions could have been a lot more interesting. Graphically, this game looks like a first-entry on the original xbox console. It's not terrible, but there have been hundreds of last-gen games that look the same, even better, without trying that hard.

Warner Bros. needs to actually PLAY some other games every now and then if they want to make them. This game had a lot of unused potential.

Fun Game, but not Great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game was a lot of fun to play, it is a little deceptive at first because its cartoon style makes it appear juvenile, but the content and gameplay is probably more suited for teen and older.
The games puzzles aren't so hard that they distract from the gameplay, but they can be tedious and annoying. The gameplay is pretty fun, the combat style is a little different from most games of the genre, which keeps it interesting for a while.
Overall, its a fun game, but it can be pretty silly. If cartoonish images and silly dialogue try your patience then I wouldn't reccomend it.

For the Master

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Overlord

This is an absolute hoot, the first time through, on the second go round it loses a bit of its luster.

You are the Overlord, recently resurrected from an apparently extremely nasty "accident", your faithful minions (and I DO mean faithful) have "cleaned up" what's left of a ruined tower and are ready and willing to do your bidding.

Controls are different and take some getting used to. Directed with the thumb sticks you can control either the Overlord or his minions, but without a camera control it makes searching and seeing where you are going a tad difficult.

You use the minions (four types) to reach areas and battle enemies you can not. Direct your minions to loot, smash, maim, destroy and in general wreck havoc upon unsuspecting villagers and baddies. Armed with an ax, you too, can join the fun. Low on health? Sacrifice the little buggers. It's OK, really, they don't mind and you can always summon up some more when you've gone through the current supply.

Up on your pop culture references? Good. Overlord has them in spades, right down to a well known and beloved Shire.

The minions are a riot! Watch as they don pumpkins for helmets, chase and pester sheep, break open boxes and fight over the contents, "That's mine!" "For you, Master!" "I got pasta!" "I drank it" (They like beer, beware). I was fully expecting Dwight Frye to appear (heh, heh, heh, the original Renfield of Dracula). They must have molded the minions after him!

There is one tiny tiny problem, there is no map. NO MAP! There is a useless paper one in the box, but it does nothing! That is the one flaw in the game, you cannot see where you're going nor where you have been. Bad game design, shame on them! If you want me to get there, you need to tell me or at least let me see where I am and where I'm headed. Who was the idiot that thought that was a smart idea?

Play it, play it, play it! I gave it a three due to the sort of non-re-playability.

Initially fun, but lost its charm

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

A friend of mine had this game and I played at his house for a couple hours and found it extremely entertaining. I bought the game and played it pretty solidly for one weekend, logging somewhere between 12-16 hours of gameplay. From what I've heard, I think I was about halfway through the game when I tired of it.

Initially this game is really funny, but there's a limit to how many times I can hear one of the little minions say "for you master" or watch them destroy the same farmhouse and still chuckle. If you're a Lord of the Rings fan you might enjoy this game because it basically spoofs the entire thing from the evil side. You have hobbits who do nothing but drink and eat, elves who whine about their forest, and stereotypical drawves.

Gameplay is not horrible, but I often found myself frustrated once I unlocked all 4 types of minions. You have to control each of them one at a time, and while you can post a group in one place at a time and then move on to the next, I often found myself to preoccuppied with my own fights to concentrate on all the different minion groups, and hence some of them died over and over again. This can be frustrating because besides the initial type of mininion you have to go to special worlds to get them, which consumes a lot of time--especially if you're trying to rack up hundreds of a rare type of minion soul to make your armour really good.

That all might not make a lot of sense if you haven't played the game, but my overall advice is too rent first before buying--unless it's onsale for under 40.

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