Overlord Demo

Ever since video games are a thing, they have always depicted the main characters as being good, loving and always helpful, despite the fact that these sentiments might put their own lives in danger. Now, it's time to face these brave heroes and burn down their homes, as well as destroy everything in your path and conquer as much territory as you can, stopping at nothing to do so.

Overlord presents a different take on the action-adventure genre and puts you in the position of a ruthless dark lord, who's only purpose is to cause pain and conquer everything in sight, as well as teach those pesky adventurers a lesson about not messing with supreme evil. Hence, your purpose is to do everything you would try to prevent in a classic RPG, such as invade villages, mutilate livestock and generally causing chaos across the land.

The story revolves around an overlord that rises from his grave after a long time and resumes his reign, as well as his quest to get revenge on those who killed him in the first place. Naturally, no evil lord ever gets his hands dirty with every little task, so you use the faithful minions that follow you everywhere and listen to your every command. This way, most of the time, you get to sit back and watch the violence unfold in front of your eyes, while barely lifting a finger.

As you might have noticed until now, the entire game is mostly a parody, which means that you won't actually see brutal violence or gruesome deaths. Alternatively, most of the quests involve destroying a garden, beating a hero or conquering a village, although the minions make any kind of action seem silly anyway. You also get a queen in the process, who gets pretty evil as well as you advance through the story.

On the other hand, since the minions need to be controlled using your mouse, things can get pretty chaotic at times, especially when you have to hold both mouse buttons down in order to navigate around obstacles. Other than that, the game plays out very smoothly and you also get to use the overlord's powers, including spells and powerful weapons, in order to aid the minions in their tasks.

Overlord has some interesting ideas and mechanics going for it, which are highly addictive and should keep you playing for quite some time. The well-written humor is guaranteed to put a smile on your face, regardless of your mood.