Overlord II

[Secretninja]

Went home last weekend and saw my little brother playing this. Borrowed it from him, and its pretty enjoyable. Dumbed down, "adult" version of Pikmen. Anyone else try it out?

 

[Xor]

I played the first one, and "dumbed down version of pikmen" is about right. Won't even bother with the sequel.

 

[Secretninja]

I missed the first, and wouldn't have bothered with 2 if my brother hadn't already bought it and I could play for free. It is pretty "good for what it is." Played up to the final battle, and so far I have had a strange connection with my minions. For some reason, I don't want the badass ones I have had since teh beginning and have accumulated a variety of weapons to die.

 

[Frau Bishop]

I bought part one for PC as budget and it was pretty much what I expected, some mindless 3d-action-fun with nice textures and console feeling. Worth 10 Euros, like two or three bottles of really cheap but drinkable wine. Also some humor/funny minions, ok, who doesn't like to laugh after 2l of wine.
Tested Overlord 2 to see if there is more.. nope. Looks nice for a moment and gets boring fast. Boring or tedious, depending on your goal (100% or just getting to the end).
The "get online to compare your generic achievements to those of other lost souls" vibe smelled bad. Stupid idea.
Being able to build/expand the lair in a more custom way would have helped, maybe. Funny minions (some comments made me chuckle), straining gameplay, meh. There are better ways to waste your time.

 

[Secretninja]

There are also worse ways. It is probably my current mental state, but I just wanted to give this game some notice on my favorit internet site some good for what it is credibilty.

And no, I don't give a fuck if ther was a thread about this already

 

[Frau Bishop]

Who here would, at least if this thread contains info about the game or pics of naked horses without pants?

Didn't want to dis "your game". Please care to give some feedback when you are about 30-60% in the game please, as much as it displeased me while playing I'm curious to read other impressions, or stuff about patches and so on.

 

[Lesifoere]

I really wanted to like the game. It's cute. It's mildly funny, although Rhianna Pratchett tries too fucking hard to be her daddy, but the gameplay is abominable at least on the PC. Ugh, controlling minions.

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

Oh, Jesus. I didn't know she did the story on these. She did the story for Mirror's Edge too, fuck. FUCK.

 

[Droog White Smile]

I liked Mirror's Edge's story, it was just right for such a fast paced game. But, honestly, the setting is always more important than the story.

 

[Frau Bishop]

Honestly, I like the game in the game. That's why I like to play games.

 

[Metro]

I got both (including the first's expansion) on Steam for $8. Yep, the game play is pretty atrocious but the humor is nice and I got about 40+ hours of fun out of the first -- still haven't gotten around to the second yet.