INTRODUCTION
The game launched in June 2007, was developed by Triumph Studios and was published by Codemasters. The game was the first of a series in which you got to play the anti-hero, and it was quite fun while doing it.
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| Not the best view after waking up from your long slumber! |
Evil How-to?
The gameplay focuses on controlling the Overlord and his Minions in a 3rd person perspective with the sole purpose of defeating 7 heroes that have been corrupted by power.
You have 4 types of Minions, Browns, Blues, Reds and Greens. Each have specific abilities, Browns are good at melee combat, Blues are the healers, Reds do ranged damage and Greens are like rogues. The principle is quite simple yet fun. You go out, beat people together with your minions and while you can be a nicer anti-hero and only defeat the corrupted heroes, you can also murder peasants and plunder them which can make you more corrupt, which changes your appearance.
One thing worth mentioning is that you start at a destroyed tower which quickly becomes your base which can be upgraded as you progress and where you improve both your minions and yourself.
You have 4 types of Minions, Browns, Blues, Reds and Greens. Each have specific abilities, Browns are good at melee combat, Blues are the healers, Reds do ranged damage and Greens are like rogues. The principle is quite simple yet fun. You go out, beat people together with your minions and while you can be a nicer anti-hero and only defeat the corrupted heroes, you can also murder peasants and plunder them which can make you more corrupt, which changes your appearance.
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| Ummm so how am I supposed to be evil from here? |
One thing worth mentioning is that you start at a destroyed tower which quickly becomes your base which can be upgraded as you progress and where you improve both your minions and yourself.
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| Follow me! To War! |
So How Did Evil age?
Well.. The game is only 11 years old and still looks quite decent, it is a bit low-poly, even for 2007 but it can look quite ok once you crank up the details to the maximum. The voice acting is good and funny, and will probably keep you entertained throughout the game but the ambient sounds are a bit disappointing and will not always help you feel immersed.
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| Ahh... This is much better! |
Can I be evil in 2018?
Well this is one of those games you just install,configure and play. But for some reason on my desktop the game tends to reset audio and graphics settings each time I exit it so I have to manually launch the configuration tool each and every time. And yes, it even supports 4k!
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| Let those useless creatures feel pain! |
WRAP-UP
You want to feel evil? Or a bit less evil? then you can honestly pick this game as even in 2018 it can provide a ton of fun and after you finished playing it you can get Overlord 2 to keep being evil for a little longer! This is one of the games that I will also probably recommend when I'm old, if my memory will still be good then. And it's only 5Eur on Steam which is a steal for such a fun game!
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