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Hard drive space

Full download: 4.76 GB
Initial download: 1.62 GB

Download time

Kb/s	20 MB	8 MB	512 KB
Time	11mn	28mn	7h 21mn

System requirements

Operating System : 2000/XP,Vista
DirectX version : 4.09
Processor : 2300 MHz
RAM : 512 MB
Video RAM : 0 MB

Additional info

Category : Action
Difficulty : Average
Multiplayer :
Language : us

Official Site
Publisher : Codemasters

Blood and Gore

Crude Humor

Suggestive Themes

Use of Alcohol

Use of Tobacco

Copyright

Â© 2005 - 2007 Triumph Studios B.V. ("Triumph"). All rights reserved. "Codemasters" is a registered trademark owned by The Codemasters Software Company Limited ("Codemasters"). The Codemasters logo is a trademark of Codemasters. "Overlord"? is a trademark of Triumph. All other copyrights or trademarks are the property of their respective owners Codemasters. Unauthorized copying, adaptation, rental, lending, re-sale, arcade use, charging for use, broadcast, cable transmission, public performance, distribution or extraction of this product or any trademark or copyright work that forms part of this product is prohibited. Uses Bink Video. Copyright Â© 1997-2007 by RAD Game Tools, Inc. MPEG Layer - 3 playback supplied with the Miles Sound System from RAD Game Tools, Inc. MPEG Layer- 3 audio compression technology licensed by Fraunhofer IIS and THOMSON multimedia. Uses Miles Sound System. Copyright Â© 1991-2007 by RAD Game Tools, Inc. Netcode by DemonWare. The DemonWare name and logo are copyright DemonWare Ltd. 2006. Facial animation software provided by FaceFX. Â© 2002-2007, OC3 Entertainment, Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved.

Controls

Overlord plays like a third person action game, but the controls will take a little while master, since you control not only the Overlord himself, but your hordes of minions. There's a brief tutorial on movement and basic combat right at the beginning, and the early levels of the game are full of additional tips on how to play. This game includes control sets for a mouse/keyboard combo and gamepad, and works well either way. You can also customize your controls if you prefer.

Quests

You'll be asked to do a lot of "good" things throughout the game. This is because the forces of good are so stupid that they assume anyone dressed in armor is a wandering hero, never mind the glowing eyes and frolicking demon entourage. Helping them ensures your long-term evil survival by establishing a foundation of terrified subjects to dominate. Of course, whether they survive an encounter with you is entirely your decision, and the game changes based on exactly how evil you choose to be.

Goals

Your chief objective during the course of play is to rebuild your dark fortress, which was pretty badly ruined when a band of heroes passed through and did your predecessor in. Always keep your eyes on the prize, and also keep an ear to the ground for interesting rumors...like word that another adventuring party has set its sights on destroying you. We want a nice, long reign of evil, with good evil staying power. There's no point in covering the land in darkness for a week and a half.

Tip: Yummy Life Force

Everything living eventually stops living. If you or your minions hurry that process along, the corpse will leave behind some life force, which is like magical credit. Your minions will bring it to you, and you in turn can use it to summon more minions.

Tip: Nice Knowing You

Minions of any kind are more than happy to sacrifice themselves to save (or amuse) you. Scattered throughout the maps are altars; just command one of your minions to fling itself into the pyre and you'll regain some life force for the sacrifice.

Tip: You Gotta Have Limits

Unfortunately, you can't just summon a million minions right off. You only have access to a certain number of each type of minion, so you should focus on increasing these limits by successfully completing quests and rebuilding your fortress.

Overview

Overlord is a unique combination of action, strategy and roleplaying. It's bad -- to the bone, that is. You see, as the Overlord, you're really, really good at being evil, and your job isn't to rescue the fairy princess or save the town. You're the kind of guy who pushes old ladies down, not the kind who helps them up. But the best thing about being evil is the help: you control swarms of cackling minions who'll gladly push old ladies over for you. That way you can just enjoy the evil view.

Minions

The Overlord himself is no slouch when it comes to evildoing, but he's also skilled at delegating tasks to minions. This is where the real strategy of the game comes in: minions follow you wherever you go, and can be sent to do all kinds of evil errands on your behalf. You'll soon master the art of sending your minions down complicated paths toward a variety of targets. It's proper minion use that serves as the core of Overlord, since many of the game's puzzles depend on good minion-wrangling.

Combat

Overlord is mostly an action game, requiring you and your ever-growing minion army to travel around disgustingly pretty lands and do battle with everything from sheep to heroes. Your minions will fight and die for you, and you yourself can swing a pretty good axe when you need to. As the game progresses, you'll also get access to powerful evil magic you can use to incinerate your foes and bolster your own side. Some minion types are also adept at magic use, so deploy them accordingly.

Tip: Tearing Down the House

This annoyingly happy landscape is full of breakable objects, and your minions excel at smashing things. Aside from being fun, there's a tangible benefit: many vessels contain powerups that they'll give to you or keep to improve their own abilities.

Tip: Boss Battles

Good, while dumb and exceedingly obnoxious, does have some powerful support on its side. Combat with bosses can be extremely challenging, especially if you don't learn the art of proper minion management. Let them die, so you don't have to!