A fresh, original concept that is very satisfying for the evil in all of us....
THE GRAPHICS are beautiful. The fantasy world is beautiful in every aspect, with its lush and vibrant colors, to its darkest corners of your evil tower. It all looks great. The character models look good, but not as good as the environment. However, with the fantasy look of the world around you, they look to be in place.
THE STORY is not really much. All I can say is that you are an evil king that was ressurected by your trusty minions and now it is time to rebuild your kingdom. You will need to put people in their place, and teach the so-called heroes of the world who's in charge.
THE GAMEPLAY is of course the game's greatest aspect. Like I said, you are a resuurected king, an Overlord, that controls hordes of minions to do your bidding. During the game while traversing the beautfiul landscape you will help villages with their problems or destroy them. If you want to be straight evil, you can do so by murdering any village you come across. You can have your minions pillage and slaughter, or you can beat the hell outta them yourself with some trusty hack n slash moves. The main objective here is to find all the pieces of your torn kingdom and rebuild it, and along the way claim more and more loyal minions to help you. Using them is the best part. You can just send them forth to do as they please (destruction of course) or you can control them with the right analog stick. Either way it works extremely well. Add in the fact that you can conquer the world with a buddy and you got yourself a great piece of work. The only real flaw here lies with that I would've liked to have more control over the game's camera, and the game gets just a tad repetative after a little while. But all in all, that shouldn't be too much of an issue.
THE SOUND is fantastic. The music fits this fantasy world perfectly, and the voiceovers of the minions are hilarious.
OVERALL Overlord is overlooked by too many. So much so that the game already dropped down to $19.99. Its a fun as hell game, and a fresh new face. Definately worth your time, and now that its only $19.99, there is no reason not to give this game a look.