Title of the Game: Overlord II
Platform of Game: Available on the PC, Xbox and PS3
Genre of Game: 3rd Person action-adventure game
Publisher: Codemasters
Product Model Year:
23 June 2009 (NA)
26 June 2009 (EU)
9 July 2009 (Aus)
Game Requirements:
Minimum System Requirements:
System: CPU 2.3GHz Intel, AMD or equivalent
RAM: 512 MB
Video Memory: 128 MB
Hard Drive Space: 2500 MB
Recommended System Requirements
System: 4 at 3.0 GHz or Athlon XP 2800+ or equivalent
RAM: 1024 MB
Hard Drive Space: 2500 MB
Description of the game: The game is a sequel to the widely acclaimed Overlord game which player takes on the role of an omnipotent being called the overlord. The overlord, is the dear leader of all the little minions which are willing to sacrifice themselves for the victory of their overlord. The game is mostly made up of smug humour which actually works quite well. This game picks up after the previous game, where the previous overlord was apparently defeated. The minions moved underground to the Nether Regions where your new empire is being built.
Game Play: Much of the gameplay from the previous game that made it great remained the
same, however other elements were tweaked where players could bring back alive minions that has passed on and give them your own personalised name. This gives the game more depth and personal connection.The game generally has 4 types of minons, the primary or the browns, that are given to you from the start, the reds, fire throwing minions, the greens, stealth minions that live in jungles and the blues, which can swim and are very good at making themselves dissappear.
What has kept me interested in this game is that, it's the first tactical third person game ive seen and it works well i admit. Controlling a horde of minons, of say about 35, can be tough, but the controls make it so easy.
I do have to admit a nice arrow to show where to head off to next would be nice, sometimes i find myself left wondering around finding where is the bridge that gets me out of here. and so on and so fourth.
Graphics: Graphics wise, i have to be amazed at how much the graphics has improved from the first one and the graphics is quite breath taking. A truely remarkable experience i have to admit.
Sound: The voice acting for the minions is fantastic it's true emmersion in the game and the subtle humour makes the game even more thrilling.
Conclusion: Though the game has alot of upsides, i have to say, that sometimes the controls of the minions is abit wonky. Sending them to collect something may infact get the button stuck and ends up sending everyone.
Though it has it's downside, the game has alot of potential to be on my watchlist if another sequel comes up.
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