I was one of the few lucky souls who pre-ordered a copy of Overlord 2. I had such a wicked evil time rampaging through the villages in the original Overlord game, that when news spread a second version was releasing I knew I had to have it.
You're probably wondering what the point of Overlord 2 is though right?
Well imagine being given the keys to an evil empire; the empire unfortunately is in despair, it is up to you the Overlord to destroy and plunder in an attempt to re-build your evil empire. But alas, you are not alone, as in the original game you have a herd of evil little minion's that do most of your biddings. You control their every move, and doing so is what makes Overlord 2 so deliciously fun. You see these minions are hilarious, as they destroy everything in their path you will hear quirky one liners such as 'oh treasure', 'for me', 'for the Overlord', or other quirky quotes.
What makes them so appealing in Overlord 2 is their appearances. They take on a Golum like look, and even have vocals that sound like the Lord of the Ring goblin. Watching them run around destroying everything, slaughtering innocent animals, and killing people never grows old.
As in the original, all of our different color minions are available to scoop up along the way in Overlord 2. Like in the original, you will have to find their hive though before you can actually summon these minions of Overlord 2 from their nests in order to add them to your army.
The minions of Overlord 2 have abilities that are all relatively the same; your brown minions are excellent fighters in battle, while the reds are weaker in battle, but they do a hell of a job at bombarding enemies with their fire balls from a distance. Greens also still have the same killer ability, which include jumping on the backs of the enemy and taking them down from behind. They can also become invisible allowing easy unannounced kills from behind. The blue minions have the same abilities as in the original as well. They can resurrect dead minions who died in battle if they are able to get to them quickly enough, and they can walk through water.
The game started off a little bit quirky and unexpected. Instead of featuring my huge dark Overlord, I was instead controlling a small midget like creature with a wooden club. I am the original Overlord's son, which puts a whole new spin on the Overlord 2 game overall.
This small section had me running through a wonderful snowy environment where my goal was to disguise my minion's as children in order to make it into the gated off village. No person is going to let a herd of goblins into their village after all. I believe this area of Overlord 2 was a micro tutorial as it taught me how to use the controls. The way it all started though was a little strange. Thankfully after a few moments, I was dubbed the Overlord, and grew into a large evil looking son of a gun.
