Overlord II ( Pc, Xbox 360, PS3 Game )

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Overlord II is the sequel to the hit warped fantasy action adventure that had players being delightfully despotic. In Overlord II, a new Overlord and a more powerful army of Minions take on an entire empire in a truly epic adventure, inspired by the rise of the Roman Empire. As the Glorious Empire conquers kingdoms and destroys any sign of magic it finds, it's time to go Minion Maximus and send in the horde.


Developer(s) : Triumph Studios
Publisher(s) : Codemasters
Writer(s) : Rhianna Pratchett
Series : Overlord
Platform(s) : Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3
Release date(s) : June 23, 2009
Genre(s) : Action-adventure
Mode(s) : Single-player, Multiplayer
Media : Blu-ray Disc, DVD

The Minions return smarter, deadlier (and funnier) and are ready to fight in large scale battles that will see their wild pack mentality squaring up to the organised legions of the Glorious Empire. As ever, they'll do anything and everything the Overlord commands of them, especially now that they can run ravage and wreck buildings and scenery. They've also learned how to ride: In Overlord II Minions will be able to mount up and ride wolves and other magical creatures around the landscape and take them into battle, making our band of merry fighters faster and fiercer than ever before. Coming in 2009, Overlord II is now in development at Triumph Studios in Delft, the Netherlands, for the PLAYSTATION®3 system, Xbox 360 and Games For Windows.


Overlord II begins as the new bad guy no more than two turven high. The cute overloaded by the faithful Minion of his father in a town on the icy edges of the inhabited world, far from the center of power. That power is transferred in the hands of the Glorious Empire - clearly inspired by the decadent Roman empire in its aftermath. By Voice is not be tolerated and something as elusive magic certainly not. Hence the legions of the Empire city and cross country in search of magical forces.

If the legions Nordberg winter approaching, the game begins. The young Overlord by his youthful playing friends bullied because he is different. As the toddler, however, discovered that he has magical gifts, he takes revenge inexorably. When he first used magic, diving the first Minion, who the guy recognize their new master. It ensures that the young Overlord gives a strong dislike for both the residents of North Mountain, where the arrogant Glorious Empire.

The small transhipment is only for your guidance in the game. After the introduction, the boy grew up to an old Overlord of format and it is a pleasant familiar game. You have also made available the first Minion, the firm Browns. This makes also clear that much remained the same in Overlord II. After the Browns get the Reds again, that of distance throw fireballs, and the Greens that the enemy from behind trying to stalk. The Blues have healing gifts, just as in the first part. Although clearly the control of the game is falsified, the design remained largely the same. Roughly you move your Overlord with the left and Minion with the right bat. What is clear is that the drive more pleasant than that of the first part. Especially the Minion move better and they are less often. The camera implementation is better than the original, which you something too often on a button to ram the Overlord back neatly on his back to look. That is no longer necessary.

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The colors of the Minion to the same as the original, there is indeed an important difference. Your followers are now on the back of an animal to plate. The Browns may be a wolf climbing the Reds on a fire-spitting salamander and Greens on one big spider. This has important advantages. Thus Browns on the back of a wolf is not just extra strong, they also have the opportunity to opponents with a surprise attack to overthrow bowling. This option is especially useful if you ordered the troops of the Glorious Empire in front you are. To attract good Roman use them in a square formation and especially close to. Until the formation remains closed, the soldiers are hard to beat. However, if you can ensure that panic breaks out, the soldiers themselves run.

A horde Browns on wolves is a good weapon against such an organized group. A formation is usually headed by a centurion, who addressed monitored. The quickest way to the formation to break it off of the centurion. If that is helping to kill, the morale of his troops clearly lower. Who does not have a horde Browns on wolves, they may still try the centurion distance to bombard by Reds, or stalk him by Greens. That makes Overlord II, like its predecessor, an unexpected tactical game. Do not be fooled by the cheerful appearance, the game has more depth than you might initially think.


The Overlord has still the evil genius in the background to monitor how the Minion in his contract murders and pillage. If he should also be male, armed with a sword or ax solid proportions, but it can not hurt him nicely in the background and holding. If necessary he can also fall back on his magical powers. They are not only useful in the battle. The best spell of the new Overlord has perhaps Possession, with his mind temporarily in the body of a Minion him. This may be in places he normally can not reach, and then by pressing the button again to return in his own body. The spell is only useful in so-called Possession Stones, and there are not very many.

There are more surprises that occasionally arise. Thus, the Glorious Empire to Roman example, huge arms, such as the ballista and the Trebuchet, which the warriors to towns as Nordberg in the knees forcing. If you manage to watch the legion to beat, you can use the Minion device itself and the man to take control, and the price to shoot the remaining glorious troops. The operation of the massive weaponry is getting used to, but after a few missiles, the enemy legionnaires with bushes. There is also some movement in the game. If you do this time every now and then a boat ride or against. Not spectacular, but in such cases predecessor were not, and it makes the variation is even greater on.

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As in the first part is the Overlord 'bad' or 'much worse'. But did you Overlord as it is not that much choice in the first part. In the sequel tries developer Triumph Studios choice options to build a little more effect. It is still true that your Life Force beats the enemies you off. You Roofthooft their soul as it were, that short time remains floating above the battlefield. You can pick up Life Force, or you do Minion. For each Life Force that you pick up, you can create a new Minion calls from the sources listed at the beginning of each level are. Since you lot Minion will lose in the fight, it is good for you for Life Force arrow on it. It is there in its entirety to Overlord II.

Back to the choice between 'evil' and 'bad'. This new part can Overlord a city to comply. This is of course not without incidents, but if the city has been dropped once you get two options presented: Minion you can order the remaining population as a whole to murder, with the nice extra that you direct a large stock Life Force them, but you can use the grace given population. If you choose, the population now in your subject. That makes Life Force on. The population represents a small but constant flow of Life Force. You can choose where you need it.

Furthermore, Triumph Studios in Overlord II again everything on the heel. Cherubs are anything but cute and Panda Bears are not small and certainly not love. Seals are cute, you'll never treasure it even more have seen, but they must be dead, because you simply need to Life Force. Triumph comes with all the atrocities away by a colorful, almost cheerful world in which all the violence and holding that in Tom and Jerry. That happy world is bigger than this time especially in the first part and then he was already the size. Canyons are deeper, larger cities, forests wider and there is a sea which can be hazards. Around the fabrication of Triumph is a story wrought by Rhianna Pratchett, which again leads to the witty dialogues and online. We can already tell you that the humor in Overlord II of the same level as that of the original.

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Conclusion

Compared to the original Overlord II promises more of the same, but in this case does not suffer. It is an account of the original version, with an engine to create more capable, a world that is bigger than the original controller that feels familiar but has improved and a completely new story that is framed with excellent dialogues. The gameplay is largely the same, but it offers surprisingly many tactical possibilities.

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While the Overlord himself can also fight in combat with various weapons and armor types that gradually become available and the ability to cast spells to either help minions or hinder opponents,[6] the majority of tasks are performed by the minion hordes. While minions retain many abilities including using scattered items as weaponry and armor, carry large objects in a group, turning cranks and finding treasure, minions can now also operate siege weapons, ships/boats and other war machines and, once captured, can mount and ride wild animals to help in combat and overcome obstacles