Overlord 2

**jeffmd** · 06-28-09, 12:33 AM

Just started playing this yesterday, it looked pretty and nice character designes, also theres really squat for new games out on pc that look to be worth playing. No indepth review here, just points of interest....

1. Pretty sweet sound track

2. graphics are overall very pretty, dispite showing alot of low polyness. That said it dosn't quite make me excuse some of the sloppy edges like I would in cases like WoW. WoW encorperates its graphic design around low polygons, while some of the models here could use just a little more work.

3. Lots of bland one liners, but the minions feel nothing less like your own horde of grimlins straight from the movie and I think that rocks.

4. Game does a good job in teaching you everything, although I think things are taking a little bit to long. One review said by the time you achieve all 4 minion types, the game is almost over.

5. Back tracking, only for finding missed loot (especialy when you unlock new minions) but no respawns and everything is tied together by a portal and port system, so not to much boring walking.

6. controlling minions is pretty good, the ONLY issues I have is sweeping (trying to control the way your minions move by altering their target direction while they are in movement). I think I am currently stuck in a game because none of my minions will cross a wood plank to get to an object.

Overall it seems like a fun waste of time, but I probably wouldn't recommend it until it hits the bargain bin.

NarcissistZero · 06-28-09, 02:39 AM

Great demo... I'll get it when I can.

**nekrosoft13** · 06-28-09, 01:51 PM

got it as well, simply great game.

DRen72 · 07-04-09, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

got it as well, simply great game.

+1

Even better than the awesome original!
Absolute fun and entertainment. Hilarious too!

jeong · 07-04-09, 05:38 AM

1st impression was good. Pretty graphics, professional looking menus, step-by-step tutorials at the beginning were all good. Will catch up on this one after CoJ.

06-28-09, 12:33 AM	#1
jeffmd Has a vegetation fetish Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,816	Overlord 2 Just started playing this yesterday, it looked pretty and nice character designes, also theres really squat for new games out on pc that look to be worth playing. No indepth review here, just points of interest.... 1. Pretty sweet sound track 2. graphics are overall very pretty, dispite showing alot of low polyness. That said it dosn't quite make me excuse some of the sloppy edges like I would in cases like WoW. WoW encorperates its graphic design around low polygons, while some of the models here could use just a little more work. 3. Lots of bland one liners, but the minions feel nothing less like your own horde of grimlins straight from the movie and I think that rocks. 4. Game does a good job in teaching you everything, although I think things are taking a little bit to long. One review said by the time you achieve all 4 minion types, the game is almost over. 5. Back tracking, only for finding missed loot (especialy when you unlock new minions) but no respawns and everything is tied together by a portal and port system, so not to much boring walking. 6. controlling minions is pretty good, the ONLY issues I have is sweeping (trying to control the way your minions move by altering their target direction while they are in movement). I think I am currently stuck in a game because none of my minions will cross a wood plank to get to an object. Overall it seems like a fun waste of time, but I probably wouldn't recommend it until it hits the bargain bin. __________________ _________________________________________________ Mobo: EVGA 122-ck-nf68 680i sli, CPU: C2D Quad 6600, Video: EVGA GTX 460 1gb SC, Sound: X-fi gaming, Windows 7, Antec P180b,Thermalright Ultra-120 HSF, Antec TruPower TP3-650, 4 Gigs RAM

06-28-09, 02:39 AM	#2
NarcissistZero Loving Everything Me Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 8,033	Re: Overlord 2 Great demo... I'll get it when I can. __________________ I gots one of them high powered gaming computers with an EVGA GTX 480 video thingy and a Q9550 processing device and also one of them Windows 7 64 operating programs with 4GB of some Corsair 1033 DDR2 ram. Steam, Xbox Live and PSN: StingingVelvet

06-28-09, 01:51 PM	#3
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: Overlord 2 got it as well, simply great game. __________________ Windows 8 the next big failure, right after Windows ME

07-04-09, 05:38 AM	#5
jeong GRS is MDS Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Take a guess Posts: 152	Re: Overlord 2 1st impression was good. Pretty graphics, professional looking menus, step-by-step tutorials at the beginning were all good. Will catch up on this one after CoJ. __________________ J1 \ J2 CPU: i7 940 @ 3.34GHz \ QX6700 @ 2.66GHz Mobo: EVGA x58 SLI E758 \ Asus nforce 590i RAM: OCZ DDR3 1600MHz 12GB @ 9-9-9-24 \ Micron DDR2 667MHz 4GB @ 5-5-5-15 HDD: 4TB WD C (2x Black, 1x Green) \ 4.5TB WD C (2x Black, 2x Green) GPU: EVGA Geforce GTX 295 quad SLI \ BFG Geforce 8800 GTX M & K: L NEW! G19 & G500 \ G15 & G5 SC: Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro Headset: NEW! ATH-AD900 \ SS 5H V2 USB PSU: Tt Toughpower 1200w \ CM RPP 750w Case: A1200 \ Dell XPS 710 LCD: Dell U2410 H-IPS + LG L246WP-BN 24" P-MVA \ LG W2243T-PF 21.5" TN 1080p OS: Genuine W7 x64 Pro \ " Cooler: Megahalems + 2x Scythe S-F push/pull E/W \ TRUE 120 + 1x tr push