Tuesday15 August 2006
If you're going to be evil, do it with style. Overlord sees you enter stage left as an evil sorcerer who's just got himself a big castle in a Tolkienesque fantasy land. What's even better news is that your new acquisition has an added perk: an indigenous species of goblin who decide that you're their Overlord.
You're not, of course; you're an evil idiot. The actual Overlord is long-dead, probably by your own hand. You're a false messiah, like a TV evangelist, or Kevin Keegan. But you won't care, because, as stated, you're incredibly evil, and these minions are all the better for evil pursuits such as house-lootery and face-stab-a-rama.
And so begins your quest. The aim is to use your minions to wreak havoc and overthrow the land's dysfunctional government, consisting of a coalition of seven heroes who have fallen for the temptations of corruption and greed. This you'll achieve by running around pillaging and plundering like a good 'un.
The control set-up is similar in execution to GameCube's excellent Pikmin series. You control the as-yet unnamed sorcerer with the left analogue stick, and the minions are mapped to the right, with a command list available to maximise your minions' efficiency in terrorising the slaw-jawed locals.
