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Published by: Codemasters |
By Emanuel Avram
Published: July 16, 2007
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Somewhere around half of the game, you encounter a situation where you have to chose your current mistress that should stay with you around your Dark Tower. Now before you say anything, there is no "better choice" – it's all a matter of preference, and also up to your playstyle. Why do I say that? Well because! Because naughty Miss Velvet promises to help you upgrade the Greens and the Reds, while red haired Rose will upgrade your Browns and Blues. This means more damage and more armor for them. Now whatever you chose is up to you – I got Velvet, because she provides you with nicer upgrades to your tower. What do you mean "what are those"?
Dark Tower upgrades or… "Does this match my eye color"?
Forging your evil dreams…
...is the evil forge. You retrieve it from a quest as every other upgrade, and it lasts you a lifetime. Three types of material are available as you advance through your quests. Steel is the most common. Paladins and Dwarves own the superior metal technologies. They cost money and they can also be "imbued" with magical power by sacrificing a number of your minions directly into the forge. Now I really don't recommend sacrificing too many (more than 50) because you'll be left out of minions… Trust me – I know. Luckily you can revisit previous zones and collect more money/spirit shards as the monsters respawn. Each type of minion gives some special abilities when they are sacrificed. For example if you craft a weapon, Reds give extra fire damage, Browns give more damage, Greens give more critical strike chance, and Blues give knockback.
Even if the game is linear and there are pretty much set paths, the story is fantastic. It's one of those classic fairy tales with a twist, packed with action, laughter and hours of gameplay. You are not *that* evil in the end as you want to believe, and if you have doubts I can reassure you: Overlord is a great game for kids and adults alike, a smart game that everyone will enjoy. There are quite a few key moments in the plot where you find yourself at a story crossroad – and you have to make a decision. I think that will help a lot with the replayability, even if you know the path you have to go.
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| Codemasters announces launch of hot new Overlord content, now available for Xbox 360 February 15, 2008 Single-player, multi-player and split-screen downloadable packs now available for Overlord on Xbox 360. [...] |
| (PC) Award nominated author Rhianna Prartchet to return for new Overlord titles October 16, 2008 Writers' Guild Award-nominee Rhianna Pratchett has been signed as scriptwriter for Overlord II, the sequel to the hit twisted fantasy adventure from Triumph Studios, and both series extensions - Overlord Dark Legend and Overlord Minions.
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| (PC) Overlord Patch v1.1 – Demo & PC Retail is out July 5, 2007 It fixes an unistaller issue that may lead to corrupted data and a bug in the game that could prevent players from progressing through. Both files can be found in our downloads section under Overlord.
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| (PC) Get ready to be Evil June 27, 2007 Today is the day to start being Evil as Codemasters released Overlord.
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