Reviewers Liked
- An army of minions at your beck and call
- Combat is fun
- Good graphics
Reviewers Didn't Like
- You don't get to be evil here
- Minor graphical glitches
- Fixed camera angles
Overlord
79
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Expert reviews and ratings
By New Game Network
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Overlord is a third-person action-adventure game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Codemasters. The game released on PC on June 26, 2007 and has since received a couple of expansion packs. But for the purposes of this review, the original...
By Expert Reviews
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80
Most games put you in the role of the hero, but here you play as the evil Overlord instead. Youre freshly resurrected and ready to smite the forces of good. Having said that, no-one here seems that innocent. The fantasy setting includes vicious...
By OCModShop
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100
Overlord is an adventure-RPG with solid fundamentals, beautiful graphics and tons of innovative features. But above all, it’s packed with humor and is quite simply a blast to play. The game begins as a new and fairly weak Evil Overlord, controlled...
By Atomic MPC
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Overlord is one of those few games that puts you on the dark side. It’s theme is similar to Elixir’s Evil Genius and Bullfrog’s Dungeon Keeper series, and just like its ilk, it’s more of a parody than a bona fide ‘evil...
By Gameguru Mania
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80
Overlord(hx) 08:17 AM EDT - Jul,30 2007 Developed by Triumph Studios, Overlord is a third person action-adventure-RPG-God hybrid where you play the role of overlord, who is quite powerful but also ruthless. The back story revolves around the death of...
By GameZone
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85
It’s a conundrum, that’s for certain … be truly evil and kill the peasants, as a dark overlord should, or do them some good deeds and wind up with their undying devotion – which translates into offerings of gold. Hmm, on one...
By IGN Gear
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80
Admit it; youve always wanted a little gremlin that followed you around telling you how awesome you were, no matter how many times you put a boot to its face. The kind of little minion that would tell you how great you were for dumping your...
By Sydney Morning Herald
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80
Monsters ball ... seaching for victims in Overlord. Are you sick of playing the foppish hero or empathetic do-gooder? Would you rather raze the local village and enslave its citizens than spend your days maintaining peace and order?...
By TechCentral
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Most computer games cast you on the side of the good and noble hero who is out to save the land from an evil overlord and must save a damsel in distress.This game, however, puts you in the boots of the evil overlord. You join the ranks of movie...
By IT Reviews
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a cunning combination of game genres: A surprise, but not one without a compromise or two, Overlord is a pleasantly accessible mix of primarily action and adventure, but also one blessed with RPG and puzzle-solving elements. Its set in a kingdom that...
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