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Once you get access to all these minions how you use them is entirely up to you. You could send in your greens first to kill unsuspecting enemies, following it up with a full frontal attack using your browns while your reds keep hammering away on enemies from a distance. During certain levels you’ll even be able to possess a minion and play as the little critter. These levels are thoroughly entertaining and offer a much needed respite from the ‘kill-everything-that-moves’ formula. As opposed to the first game, Overlord II offers a healthy amount of environmental variety and you’ll find yourself moving from snow laden villages to tropical islands to the Roman empire. While variety is appreciated, path finding leaves a bit to be desired and there were times when I found myself moving around in circles clueless about my next goal. Also the game’s mini-map isn’t very accurate in displaying your goals. Visually the game is impressive. Environments are vibrant and very well detailed thoroughly immersing you in the game’s twisted fantasy world. Character modeling is top notch and watching your minions in action is just plain entertaining. Humor is the game’s strong point as every dialogue is laced with tongue-in-cheek humor and/or a satirical look at modern society. Some of it worked for me while some was just plain unfunny. The minions are on the other hand are a constant hoot and their constant demented babble is guaranteed to make you smile if not roll on the floor. Your Overlord himself is the silent brooding type and isn’t half as entertaining as his faithful minions. So yes Overlord II is a lot like Overlord; only this time developer Triumph studios has injected it with a good amount of variety. It can get repetitive after a while so I suggest you play it in short bursts. It has a few multiplayer modes (that I sadly didn’t get to try out) and the single player itself is pretty lengthy so you’re looking at sinking 15 – 20 hours into it, especially if you end up doing all the side quests as well. Even if you didn’t much care for the first game, I suggest you give it a shot while if you’re new to the series, I’d definitely recommend it. I mean how does killing baby seals using gremlins not sound like fun? |
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