Overlord 2 Review

In Overlord 2, you play as the son of the original overlord. Your goal is to destroy the empire, and rule the world either by domination or destruction. Its an action/adventure game similar to pikmin, where you control little minions and make them carry objects or pull levers, but most importantly, kill your enemies. You get four different types of minions: you start out with the browns which are your basic melee units. The reds are your basic ranged unit, if hurling fireballs is considered normal for a basic ranged unit. The greens are called assassins, but thanks to the mediocre AI of the minions they can't manage to do much at all. And last but least the blues, who suck ass so hard that they can't even get a mount. The blues swim, and revive your dead units. On occasion. But they themselves usually die in the process. They can also use a blink ability(for those of you who haven't played warcraft, that means they can teleport) which should have been givien to the greens, but, nope. Each unit can get a mount(except for blues), greens get spiders, reds get salamanders, browns get wolves, and blues get nothing. also you get three mistresses, who you can "take advantage of", and make decorate your house. One of the few plusses about this game is it's humor. It's a funny game. Also, for once your playing as just a bad guy. You don't choose to be good or bad. You're just bad, which is a nice. the combat system is very simple, you either slash, or lightning people, the targeting system blows. You'll frantically try over and over to target an enemy or a minion flag. There's a wide array of environments, from a romanesque heartland, to a jungle, to hell. The bossfights are generic (the classic "make him run into the wall, then hit him!), and not memorable. The campaign is long enough, and there are side missions to capture or destroy cities to bring in resources. Which is a nice little perk. you can buy weapons, armor, furniture, and buy upgrades for your minions. One of the coolest parts of this game, is that your minions level up, and pick up armor and weapons off of dead soldiers, but it sucks when your favorite minion dies and you have to sacrifice newborns to bring them back. the multiplayer is nothing to brag about, or in other words, it kinda sucks. The only mode worth playing is invasion, and that's just a two player mission. so it's a one time thing. Overall, Overlord 2 is worth a rent, it'll kill some time. Overlord 2, scores a 6 out of 10.