Lord of the rings

BUY IT!

Love the game this game is incredibliy (I'm terrible at english spelling) underated its fun to watch your small but deadly army tear through enemies within seconds I don't know why this game is disliked by a majority this game deserves a much better reputation

Fun game but was so p***ed off having to farm a ****ton of lifeforce to upgrade all my gear to beat the last couple of stages but the determined woman in me wouldn't let it go. The war in my head so wanted me to just rage quit forever and /uninstall but the stubborn, determined woman in me just wouldn't let me damn do it. So, I ploughed on, did a ton of farming for lifeforce, upgraded my stuff and beat the game. And had to sit through some painful credits that I couldn't skip. But at least its done now and I can move on with my life.

So much childhood spent on this. I have no regrets

Game is fun, but controles are terrible. If you can get over that, it's very fun.

Overlord

Let’s get this out of the way: Overlord is a blast to play, sure time has taken it’s toll on the game but the charm still remains intact. In Overlord, you play as an evil guy who has to pillage various villages and take back his lordship with the help of his mighty powers and the cute but loyal minions.
The story in Overlord is a just a way to give way to chaos. The main meat of the game comes from the evil things that you do. Overlord has garnered a cult following in the timespan it has been released and with good measure. It is a game where you truly feel like you have been granted the powers and you are the best the demons have to offer.
The gameplay of Overlord is fairly simple. You can either attack yourself or send your minions to plunder the wealth of innocents. There is no better joy than to seeing your minion bring back coins and just drop it at your feet. You can have a limited amount of minions jogging around at a time. You can respawn them for a price once they’ve fallen into a battle. They are pretty easy to spawn again and again which makes for a enjoyable play. You don’t have to worry about minions dying in battle because of this reason. Now, that’s not to say that you yourself are underpowered. No, not at all. In fact, as you move up in levels, you get far too much overpowered for anyone to stop you. At that point, you don’t even need to use your minions as the work is pretty much done by your much more quickly and efficiently,
The Sound design in Overlord is pretty good. Minions have the usual chirpy, jittery kind of voice which gives you a sense that they want to keep plundering around with you. When villagers run and scream, it brings a gleeful smile on your face. The music is spot on here.
Since the game was released more than 9 years ago, the visuals look pretty dated. But along with games like Bully, Overlord holds up pretty well. Nothing will surprise you, but there is enough detail in the environments which will keep you coming back should you enjoy the gameplay.
Overall, Overlord is a game that is worth buying simply because you get to experience the evil side of a story. Also, the minions. Don’t let the old release date fool you, this is a treasure waiting to be plundered.


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If you’ve ever wanted to have an army of loyal goblin minions willing to do almost anything to serve your evil needs, then Overlord is the game for you. The game stars you, the Overlord, whom has recently been brought back from the dead by a mysterious creature looking for a new master to spread evil across the land.

The game pushes you out into the village of Spree where you are tasked with summoning various minions to harvest souls from living creatures (such as sheep or monsters) which serve as a sort of currency for summoning additional minions or upgrading weapons and armor. Minions come in 4 different flavors: brown, red, blue, and green, and each of these has their own special strengths and weaknesses. Though you start with brown, you will need to venture to various locales and dungeons to unlock the other 3 variants.

Minions are basically your “army” and are needed in order to fight the majority of the enemies you encounter as you play. Minions can also be sent to areas that are inaccessible due to narrow passages and they will be more than eager to flip remote switches and carry heavy objects back to your castle via the various warp gates scattered across the land. There is also an array of magic spells to assist your minions, protect yourself, or do heavy damage to single targets.

Another factor in the game is your “corruption” level which grows as you do extremely evil deeds (murdering innocent civilians, choosing gold over saving lives, etc) although it seems that the only purpose for this metric is aesthetic, meaning your armor and castle are just more spikey and evil looking. Speaking of your castle, you can upgrade various parts of it to your liking but these upgrades are also mostly just for cosmetic appeal.

The game’s learning curve is a bit on the easy side, and I found myself clearing many areas simply by having a large number of minions and holding down the “send minions” button while waggling my view around until they had killed/looted/activated everything in the general area. Fortunately, the game does increase a little bit in difficulty in the later chapters where using such tactics will result in losing almost every single minion. If you want a real challenge, you should forego any armor or weapon upgrades as getting the arcanium armor and weapons with full upgrades turns the last part of the game into a total cakewalk.

The story also wrapped itself up rather abruptly (without spoiling much, you’ll suddenly feel like you’re at the end of the game without some necessary exposition). That being said, I really enjoyed the concept and will probably pick up the sequel sometime in the near future and I would recommend this game to anyone looking to try being the bad guy for once instead of the goody-twoshoes hero role we are so often shoehorned into in gaming.

My childhood 10/10

Love this game! And kudos, and great thanks, for the Linux port!

Hail to you, Codemasters!

Do you have broken dreams, lost hope, or maybe a destroyed ego? Then look no further. After playing this game for only an hour I have gained new dreams, an unbelievable amount of hope for myself, and a heightened ego where some people may say that I'm a ♥♥♥♥♥♥.