![]() ![]() Minions now come in four fantastic flavours: Browns are brutal brawlers that solve their problems with teeth and fists. What types of Minions can I rule? This new batch of minions is smarter, faster, deadlier and wittier than the sorry sacks of skin you used to rule.What can my minions do? Minions are angry little Swiss army knives of pain: They can ride into battle on wolves and other magical creatures, loot the best weapons from stomped enemies, pillage houses for treasure, operate fearsome war machines, infiltrate enemy camps and polish your armour so thoroughly you'll blind passing wildlife.With the Destruction style Overlord you can ravage the land like a moody Tsunami razing cities, forests and Imperial camps to the ground just because they looked at you funny. I'm more of a "watch the world burn" kind of guy, can I still get my rocks off? We've got your pleasure, sir.Village by village, you'll reap the benefits of an unwilling workforce as you drive the Glorious Empire from your lands. I've always wanted to enslave the human race, is this the game for me? You've come to the right place! With the Domination style Overlord humanity, can become your plaything.You'll be hacking your way through entire battalions at a time, but to keep the blood on your sword varied we've also thrown a few Yetis, Elves, villagers and annoyingly cute indigenous species into the mix, just to name but a few. What sort of stuff will I get to kill? Your main source of victims will come from the brave and highly flammable ranks of the Glorious Empire, a sinister regime that gained power after the fall of the previous Overlord.Bigger, badder and more beautifully destructive, Overlord 2 has a Glorious Empire to smash, a massive Netherworld to revive, Minion mounts to mobilize, a trio of mistresses to woo, War Machines to crush opposition and lots of cute creatures to, err. Still, the inventive premise and genuine humor is held back by some glaring technical flaws.Overlord II, sequel to the critically acclaimed cult hit, sees the return of the chaotic Minions and their new Dark Master. The cult hit now returns full force in this sequel which allows for more mayhem than before with expanded abilities for your minions. Roman garb will get you past town guards, and at times you’ll have to combine the sartorial puzzling with your ability to leap into the body of a minion, which makes them far less conspicuous than when an eight foot tall bastard was standing in their midst. ![]() ![]() Not only that, but in certain cases you’ll use disguises to allow your minions into previously inaccessible areas. Scavenging armor and weapons like this increases your mob’s effectiveness, indicated by a rising percentage stat on the HUD. Pleasingly, this translates well to PC: using the mouse to move your minions is at first clunky, but once you get to grips with just how subtle your gestures have to be it quickly becomes intuitive. On the consoles it utilizes both analogue sticks – one to move your character about the world, and another to sweep your underlings about the vicinity. You’re the titular Overlord, a villain in charge of an army of dozens of scurrying minions who’ll pillage, loot and pile on to enemies. In fact, it feels more like Triumph’s second attempt, and fans of the first will find themselves in instantly familiar territory. Overlord II doesn’t fall far from the action-adventuring of the original game. Which is fine, as the sprawling faux-fantasy world that is the game’s setting is populated by jerk-offs. Destruction and domination are the two extremes, and being good doesn’t really come into the equation. Hey, that’s Overlord II, a game whose morality slider goes from one sort of evil to another sort of evil. Was it slavery? Good! Now imagine both of these acts being carried out by a pantomime villain in a pointy helmet in a way that makes everybody laugh and feel good about themselves and the despicable world that we live in. ![]()
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