Overlord Review


GAME INFO publisher: Codemasters developer: Triumph Studios genre: Action Adventure MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS CPU 2.4 GHz, 512MB RAM, GeForce FX590/Radeon 9500	ESRB rating: T homepage: www.codemasters.com/overlord/ release date: Jun 26, 07 (released)

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The downsides to the game mostly come down to some trickier areas where controlling your minions may become a pain in the ass. Not in a particularly bad way, but bear in mind that at some point, Overlord may become more complex than your average action adventure (for the sheer amount of multi-minion-tasking). In the process, a few brown minions may get stuck in the water or refuse to come back to you, and presto, you might have a pissed off gamer. Nothing one couldn't handle (a gamer with a normal attention span that is), but some of you may be, um, pickier than others.

Sniff! Phew... I need a bath.

I got my eye on you! That's all I got really.

The only other noticeable drawback was the frame rate on my Intel CoreDuo 6600, 2GB RAM, 7900GT rig. I'm not sure how Overlord works on the Xbox 360, but it was quite slow on my PC, even on 'medium' settings. The controls, on the other hand, (contrary to what I'm hearing about the 360 version) are very intuitive, straightforward and easy to use. As I said, the core gameplay component is very well done, controls included.

Overall, I would definitely recommend you go out and buy this game. It's got a surprising amount of depth and innovation in a lot of different areas of design, excellent humor, art work and sound. The very non-linear-feeling main campaign gets progressively difficult as you rise in power, so there will be plenty of challenges in store for you.

The steep hardware requirements on the PC, coupled with some minor control issues, may present a problem (sluggish frame rates primarily), but I'm hoping things may get better once a few patches have been released. Well, one can only hope really. If all else fails, that new NVIDIA card is a mere five hundred bucks - an absolute bargain.

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	Cheddar	[mail] Jul 02 2007, 11:01 am EDT
	Reply I think I speak for us all, when I say: You had me at "flesh-eating unicorns," 2Lions. Anyway, in the case of this particular game, the hardware hoggishness is probably more a result of all the heavy AI instructions being cycled than because of lack of attention by the developers on the PC version. Although you would think a core2duo CPU would be able to handle it better. Well, this is exactly why I've been saying that PPUs like Ageia's card are dumb and unnecessary, but on the otherhand, the advent of dedicated processing units for AI instructions really would be of great benefit to the future of PC gaming.
	Vodoo: agreed on the unicorn part

	MrBored	[mail] Jul 02 2007, 11:15 am EDT
	Reply Wow, ok. I'm going to have to pick this up for my 360 as well then. Damn, thats 4 games in 30 days... my bank balance is looking baaad.

	Xmortis	[mail] Jul 02 2007, 11:46 am EDT
	Reply You convinced me to pick it up.. and I was rather adamant that I did not want to pickup yet another game. I already have a huge pile of half completed games sitting on my shelf that simply became dull too darn quick. I'm a tough sell. FYI, I finished Fable and loved Dungeon Keeper.. and adore dark humor. Now.. about my 6800GT vid card. A tad dated and I don't want to upgrade just yet. I hope it runs it well enough.. or on the shelf it goes LOL.
	Amok: lol Hitman: lol indeed

	Vodoo	[mail] Jul 02 2007, 11:49 am EDT
	Reply amazing, a quality game WITH humor which is always a plus in my opinion and on the PC.....somebody pinch me. i can’t wait to harass the village babes.

	pavarotti	[mail] Jul 02 2007, 12:32 pm EDT
	Reply finally a good review...haven't seen one in months.

	BodomBeachTerror	[mail] Jul 02 2007, 01:01 pm EDT
	Reply I tried the demo on PC and even on my Athlon x2 2gigs of ram and Geforce 7800gt I was getting nasty slowdowns and had to pick medium detail for any kind of stable playing. I blame Vista. I tried the demo on the xbox 360 and despite the clunky camera angles here and there I decided I will pick this game up for the 360 instead. You are right though, this game is really cool and I highly suggest it.
	Hitman: Vista is definately to blame.. gaming wise do a dual boot an... thestewieman: i have vista installed on a S-ATA disk i had laying around, ...

	moopcow	[mail] Jul 02 2007, 02:28 pm EDT
	Reply I'm playing it right now. Just got Eversong boss started, but I have a few quests back in the village... Finding it kind of frustrating, wonder if it gets better?

	BadCRC*	[mail] Jul 02 2007, 02:43 pm EDT
	Reply DLing demo now from XBLM...

	Sacrament	[mail] Jul 02 2007, 07:07 pm EDT
	Reply this game was playable for me with my gf fx 5500, stop complaining :P

	Satanicat	[mail] Jul 02 2007, 07:38 pm EDT
	Reply Bought the game for PC. It is simply amazing. Love it. End of story.

	fatBastard();	[mail] Jul 02 2007, 11:59 pm EDT
	Reply I tried the demos for both the Xbox360 and the PC and the PC version was a regular slide show so I went ahead with the Xbox360 version instead and I've been having a blast with it so far. Top quality entertainment.

	Vader	[STAFF] [mail] Jul 03 2007, 03:28 am EDT
	Reply Overlord is a really nice-looking game. They've done a masterful job on the art and animation.

	thestewieman	[mail] Jul 03 2007, 05:57 am EDT
	Reply hmm runs perfect on my system X2 4800, 3GB and a 7900GT, i run windows XP.

	Hitman	[mail] Jul 03 2007, 09:01 am EDT
	Reply Going to be playing this in a few hours.. as always try before you buy. I think that this might finally be that game that i've been waiting for - for like the past 5 years or so.. SupremeCommander kinda satisfied that feeling of emptiness though.

	doomsday	[mail] Jul 03 2007, 11:28 am EDT
	Reply Jeepers Creepers I CANT believe me PEEPERS.........LOOK AT THE FUCKIN REQUIREMENT.FUCKiN SHITT BALLS MAAN!!

	2lions	[STAFF] [mail] Jul 04 2007, 04:01 am EDT
	Reply Those reqs are the RECOMMENDED, and they ended up as the minimum. Will update that now.

	doomsday	[mail] Jul 05 2007, 04:37 pm EDT
	Reply oh u almost gave me a heart attack man.. watch it dude!!

	MrSlayer	[mail] Jul 01 2008, 08:00 pm EDT
	Reply Good game, played it through and I am pleased. Although i found the whole evilness thingy rather blurry. You can go through the game being God's chosen little heart-warming power-puff spawn, but still be considered evil and dominating. The whole good/evil appeared to be naught but an illusion =( good thing we can download trainers on the internet and become 100% corrupted from the word go =D

	MrSlayer	[mail] Jul 01 2008, 08:03 pm EDT
	Reply OH! one more thing! the subtle references aren't really subtle at all. The LOTR references hit you in the face one after the other for the first couple of levels. The hobb... I mean, the halflings are even having a party that you have to crash xD

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