this new overlord game has an odd mix of good and bad aspects that i'm willing to go in to.
the game is barely different from the old one except for some new parts.
first off, the tower. they made many changes to that but i really hated a majority of those changes. for example, they removed the monster arena that used to be inside your old tower! JESUS! THAT WAS MY MAIN SOURCE OF LIFE FORCE IN THE OLD GAME! also, the tower is ocasionally a pain to find your way around... the worst part is sitting at the edge of your tower waiting for those little platforms to show up... then wait 5 extra boring seconds watching them go elsewhere... aside from that, the new tower looks very cool. floating rocks all around the place, and it seems a lot larger now.
the minions haven't changed at all except for the fact that they all have mounts that allow them to access more things, like wolves, spiders, and salamanders. sadly, the blues have no mount... aww....
the spells are utterly useless. never will you need to use these halfass spells for anything other than running around zapping people with little effect. you never need these in the real game. but you can make civilians into your own slaves that will follow you and act as a "berserker" minion that will simply attack your enemies.... and fail horribly.
you can also get multiple mistresses! yay! but there are only 3 overall.
the story is very dull. you play as the overlord's son, and while daddy was gone, the roman empire showed up during the calm.... before the storm. the storm is when you show up! those romans are very annoying. your minions are utterly useless due to their shields, which will piss you off at a variety of times. the worst part of the story is the same reason the last one sucked! its like you aren't even evil. you're upstaged by some other evil bastard who is in reality, more evil than you! you're evilness is only in looks. nothing more. you never do anything evil except control and kill people. but these people commit the evil act of trying to serve as a proper antagonist!
but i must admit, the game has a VERY loose sense of humor, and has many funny moments that you will remember for a good five minutes ^^
the game feels a lot more misguided than the last one overall. it felt like you were being carried through the last one in a way.. now it feels different... it feels... limited >:| LACK OF VARIETY! I SHUN THIS ACT! thats the worst thing a game can have! thats why nearly every game in the first half of 2009 SUCKED! but luckily, it's not all like that. just a large amount of it!
SUMMARY
the gameplay remains changed for good and bad. the environment changes in a bad way. the story remains unchanged in level of greatness.... wait, no, thats a lie. the story is worse. the graphics.. MUCH better! :D but the interface isn't changed one bit.