Overlord: Dark Legend is a satisfying adventure game with a nice graphical look, engaging game play, and a story line that hardcore gamers will love. Overlord also implements a useful control system, nice tongue in cheek humor, and hilariously brutal combat that entertains the senses.
| The Good Parts | Rating  |
Overlord: Dark Legend comes to the Wii game console as an engaging and dark one-player adventure for mature Wii gamers who have been waiting for a fun and engaging RTS Wii title. The new storyline included with the Wii edition of this game has wonderfully-written dialogue that includes hilarious one-liners, many delivered by Grimm's Tales characters that are a little darker than you remember, that will have you rolling in the dust.
The controls included with Overlord: Dark Legend worked great for moving around in the environments and interacting using the Wii controls was easy and satisfying. The control schemes have been simplified for the Wii version and all the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controls worked well to make this game extremely interactive as you play. You just point and click to move around the screen or shake the Wii Remote to pick up a minion by the neck and kill him. The controls were precise and worked well with all parts of the gameplay, from picking up power-ups to moving around while solving environmental puzzles.
| The Bad Parts | Rating |
Overlord: Dark Legend is too easy to challenge a hardcore gamer, it will entertain and introduce the casual Wii gamer to the RTS genre nicely, but even for the beginner it will become too easy after a few hours of game time. The developers have made an effort to slowly introduce the gameplay concepts in the beginning of the adventure, and this certainly makes it easier for beginners, but this part will bore an experienced gamer.
| The Graphical Look | Rating  |
Overlord: Dark Legend's dark and stylish graphical presentation wasn't developed for kids, its hilariously brutal combat can shock the senses if you're not use to this kind of sensual fun. Gnarl's minion-choke move is particularly delightful to view as you pick up a minion of your choice and shake them until they stop living.
The environments included have wonderful color and a nice, clean look that makes it easy to find things on the screen, while the cartoon-like characters have nice details and textures that help to provide each of them with a unique visual look. Unfortunately, the graphics engine has problems with some of the detail and texture on the vegetation, which occasionally made them look blocky and unattractive as I progressed through the game.
| Sounds in the Game | Rating |
The soundtrack is only average, but the energy of the songs does increase the pace of this game at times and help to immerse you in the adventure. The songs were mostly softer rock tunes that played during the quieter moments and hard-rock tunes that played when the energy and action was intense on the screen.
The voice acting was excellent, the delivery of the hilarious one-liners was spot on most of the time, and the actors put nice emotion and feeling into their lines. Listening to a slightly off-color Red Riding Hood and sinister Tooth Fairy conspiring with the Gingerbread Witch had me smiling and laughing every time.