Having only dabbled with Overlord on the PlayStation 3 for a few hours it’s hard to say for sure how many small changes have been made to the original Xbox 360 release. One area we’d have liked to have been improved is the animation of the Overlord himself, but sadly he still seems to move a little awkwardly. While not final, we struggled to see any clear differences between the two versions.
So what of the changes to the game’s visuals? On Xbox 360 Overlord looked good if not spectacular, and in truth the same can be said of the PS3 game. Considering later levels in Overlord get larger and more complex, it’s sure to come in very handy indeed. Although a seemingly minor change, it helps gameplay no end, even after only a few of the PS3 game’s opening levels. It all works pretty well and is unlike any other game available on the PlayStation 3.įiguring out where you were and where minion spawn points were was a problem in the original release, so thankfully developer Triumph Studios has seen fit to add a mini-map to the lower left hand corner of the screen that shows the location of key items. Minions can either be pointed in a certain direction or manually controlled using the right analogue stick, while the Overlord himself is controlled like a traditional hack ‘n’ slash character. Gameplay is a mix of choosing the correct minions for the job (there are four very different types: browns, reds, greens and blues) and simply overpowering your foes with sheer numbers.
If a children’s cartoon series was created on the topic of world domination in a fantasy realm, it’d be like this. It’s all very tongue-in-cheek, so even though you’re slaughtering farm animals and villagers, you can’t help but do so with a smile on your face. To summarise, Overlord sees you controlling a horde of monstrous minions as you struggle to gain control of the kingdom. Read on for our early impressions of the new mini-map and the supposedly enhanced visuals.
That is soon to change with the release of Overlord: Raising Hell for the PS3, which adds all the Xbox 360 game’s DLC to the original release and makes a few improvements to the gameplay and presentation.įor a full run-down of what Overlord is like head over to our review of the Xbox 360 game.
Its combination of action genre elements with RTS-lite gameplay proved to be a winning formula, but a formula PlayStation 3 owners weren’t able to experience.
In addition to offering a complete collection of Overlord content, including online co-operative pillaging and head-to-head slaughter, the PS3 edition will also be enhanced with detailed visuals, a top-spec audio system with 7.1 surround sound and gameplay refinements, such as the addition of an on-screen mini-map.Overlord proved to be an entertaining if not completely successful action/strategy game on its release for Xbox 360 and PC last year. With the undead denizens of each abyss on the attack and threatening the Overlord's superiority, there's only one thing for it: assemble the Minions, descend into each abyss and embark on a fresh wave of tyranny in order to claim the underworld throne. Overlord: Raising Hell takes players deeper into the Overlord's warped world with a series of additional hellish levels, each a supernatural abyss for the game's five kingdoms. Use the Minions tactically and they'll always be on hand, ready to sacrifice themselves just to save the Overlord's illustrious arse. Players will amass armies of up to 50 Minions as they explore and conquer the world's five domains.
Opportunists by nature, a Minion will rob an opponent of a mighty axe to arm themselves with and steal armour to wear for protection. Minions will use their unique skills to fetch, fight and even die for him. Overlord: Raising Hell is an action adventure set in twisted fantasy world that will have gamers pillaging the land and conquering kingdoms in order to rise to the title of the all-powerful Overlord.Īt the heart of the game is an army of slavish little creatures known as Minions, and their presence provides Overlord: Raising Hell with its dark comedic touches. The next installment of Codemaster's Overlord franchise is due for release this summer on Playstation 3, delivering a new experience and expansion content. Delving deeper into the Overlord's warped world