Overlord™

Prepare to be tempted, mesmerized and thrilled, become the Overlord, how corrupt you become depends on how you handle any given situation. Your actions impact the game world. With incredible power at your disposal and a team of evil minded minions to do your evil bidding, how will you resist the temptation to be incredibly despotic?

Overlord™ is a hack and slash, villain protagonist and dark fantasy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Codemasters and Electronic Arts.
Released on October 26th 2007 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: English, French, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 6,216 reviews of which 5,814 were positive and 402 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 1.09€ on Steam and has a 78% discount.

The Steam community has classified Overlord™ into these genres:

Hack and Slash Villain Protagonist Dark Fantasy Puzzle RTS Action RPG Action-Adventure RPG Strategy Third Person Funny Dark Humor Open World Action Story Rich Fantasy Atmospheric Comedy Adventure Multiplayer

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Requirements

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Windows

MINIMUM

Supported OS: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP
Processor: Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or Athlon XP 2400+
RAM: 512MB RAM
Hard Drive: 4.5 GB available
Video: GeForce FX5900 / Radeon 9500 or above
DirectX Version: DirectX 9c
Sound: DirectX compatible sound card

Multiplayer is no longer available

SUPPORTED GRAPHICS CARDS

ATi Radeon: 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300, X600, X700, X800, X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
nVidia: GeForce FX5900, FX5950, 6600, 6800, 7100, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950, 8800

Not compatible with all integrated sound/graphics solutions (inc. Laptops)

Reviews

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Nov. 2024

I played this hidden gem when I was just a wee lad. I absolutely loved it back then, I love it even more now. there's one particular boss battle that is unfair and very challenging but if you soldier through and use strategy, you can defeat the boss quickly. Many losses will take place but you have to remember why you are fighting. The sacrifices are for the greater good. Anyway, great hidden gem. Not perfect, but definitely worth the buy, even after all these long years. Best part as well in terms of working on Win11, it works well. Graphics can be cranked up to max, even on my mid tier laptop. Looks great for it's time and did a lot of different things games on console didn't do, in my opinion. The story is great but not the best story. The sequel actually does so much more in terms of mechanics and story. Love the freedom of choice in this beautiful game. Overall, I give this great game a solid 8.5/10, could be a 9 in a lot of ways. Please play this awesome game, you will love it !

Oct. 2024

This is another great game from my childhood and replaying it as an adult, I still think it's amazing. It's funny and entertaining, and absolutely worth playing.

Oct. 2024

What is this game? "Overlord" puts you in the shoes of the well... Evil overlord. You control an army of minions and conquer the lands in your quest to rule the world. Price/replay value Horrible - Bad - Decent - Good - Amazing Achievement hunting N/A Pros/cons Pros [*]Good humour [*]Great sound and art design for its age [*]Multiple routes possible Cons [*]Buggy AI [*]A lot of 1 hit kill enemies late game [*]No map Overall opinion Overlord was generally a great experience for me. You have large amounts of weapon, armor, and moral choice, variety. There's 4 types of minions distinctly different from each other in use and look, and the enemies are also quite varied for an old game. Being able to decorate your tower is also a fun extra addition. Gameplay wise it's quite enjoyable, with the end game bordering on tedious. The worms and final few bosses were bothersome, and showcased a lack of clean minion control beyond guard markers. Which in tandem with aoe 1 hit kills became a bit annoying to deal with. -- Outside of that it's fun to figure out the puzzles the game throws at you and the requirements for every type of minion to solve these is nice. The AI feels dated, though their pathfinding is good. Red minions tend to get stuck firing at stuff and sometimes the camera will be dragged onto minions you've already recalled, which can be an issue in combat. Grinding minions is also probably the worst part of the game, as the only real way is doing arena fights multiple times. These rely on you beating up a bunch of beetles to get ~70 essence, which is not a lot when equipment can take up to 1000 minions to max out. Also having no reliable way in the field to get more outside of enemies can be annoying as a lot of late game threats will 1 shot massive groups of minions, leaving you with large deficits. Due to the knack for aoe enemies later on, you'll often be relying on brute forcing enemies with the overlord, which kind of invalidates the use for minions... More tanky enemies and less cheap aoe spammers would've been better in that regard. My final gripe would be that there is no map at all in the game... Which can get incredibly tedious when domains are massive and have little indication on the correct way to go. Often either requiring a guide or a lot of walking around to make sense. tldr; Gremlin spam simulator. Should you buy it? Definitely. Goes on sale a lot as well so 2 bucks gets you a good amount of play time.

April 2024

I use to play this when i was a kid and replaying it now. it feels amazing. I would play it again! Multiplayer. I have not tried it out but i assume that it doesn't work.

March 2024

"Does it work?" March 2024, Windows 11 - The game boots up great. I can play, I can save my game. No problem. Some people buy these old games and are blown away that they're old games. Upset that it doesn't hold up to whatever their idea of modern standards are. If modern polish is that important to you, easy - stick to modern games. Pretty silly and unfair to take a game from 2007 and criticize it for not playing like a 2024 game. Developers don't have time machines, so good luck with that. IMO it's nonsense to buy an old game and then leave a negative review because it doesn't play like new games, or because you had a personal issue with your computer when everyone else seems to be running it. _____ The game: You're basically playing as Sauron from Lord of the Rings, but you're set in the Fable universe. Best way I can think to describe this game's atmosphere. Raunchy Fable-style jokes, your alignment affects your appearance. You get spells, weapons, but your minions are the core of the game play really. As a 2007 game, this holds up very well. Loved it back then, so I booted it up and got sucked right back in without even meaning to. Anyway - it's a shame that we haven't gotten more games like this. The game has a lot of Fable-style humor and shenanigans that seem to have faded away form the mainstream games. Be prepared for a little bit of nuance with the minion controls. The game gradually expects more of you as you grow into being an overlord. I can't think of any other games that play like this. 3rd person adventure game with a small army following you around.

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-78% 4.99€ 1.09€

9.0

5,814

402

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Developer

Triumph Studios

Publisher

Codemasters, Electronic Arts

Release 26 Oct 2007

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