Overlord 2

by Codemasters Games

Product Features

• Storyline and action permeated by by the Overlord series trademark physical comedy and parody.
• Browns, Reds, Blues and Greens return stronger, smarter, faster badder and funnier. Always on the chaotic side of organised anarchy, the Minions are smarter and deadlier in their skills than ever before.
• Minions will be able to mount up and ride wolves and other magical creatures around the landscape and take them into battle
• Written by award-winning games writer, Rhianna Pratchett, Overlord II puts the laughter into slaughter and continues the series¿ trademark humour
• 4 multiplayer games each of which has their own distinct map. Two are co-op play and 2 are Versus mode.

Product Details

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• ASIN: B001P2IS2O
• Item Weight: 4.5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 23, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,152 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Amazon.com Product Description

Overlord II is the sequel to the hit warped fantasy action adventure that had players being delightfully despotic. In Overlord II, a new overlord and a more powerful army of Minions take on an entire empire in a truly epic adventure, inspired by the rise of the Roman Empire. As this new enemy, the Glorious Empire, conquers kingdoms and destroys any sign of magic it finds, it’s time to go Minion Maximus and send in the horde. Become the new overlord. View larger. Battle the Glorious Empire. View larger. Minion-specific mounts. View larger. Large-scale battles & bosses. View larger. Story Overlord II picks up right where the previous game left off. In it the original overlord is no more, and in his absence the order of things have changed dramatically. The comically evil, but still deadly gremlin-like army known as Minions are lost without a leader to focus their chaotic power for good, ill or both. Yet change finally appears to be in the air. Sensing that something is afoot, the Minion horde has made its way north to the town of Nordberg. Here they find a male child the likes of which has not been seen since the coming of the original overlord. This child is obviously special, but time is short and he has much to learn. In recent days a new power has arisen, known as the "Glorious Empire." Based in Roman-like legionary tactics, the power of this new enemy is being used to take over all the relinquished territories of the old overlord, and to extinguish all the magic in the land in order to weaken all potential enemies. As the new overlord it's your task to gain all the strength and skills you can, harness the power of the Minion horde and take back what is yours. Gameplay - Destroy or Dominate Overlord II features a brand new corruption system that empowers players to enact their evil will through either domination or destruction. Play as a dominating overlord and villages and people will fall under your command with rewards and benefits coming over time. Follow a destructive path, obliterating anything that stands in your way, and you’ll become a demonic lord of chaos. The choice is yours. Manage Your Minions Effective control your Minions was a big part of Overlord, and in Overlord II all four varieties of Minions return smarter, deadlier (and funnier) and are ready to fight in large scale battles that will see their wild pack mentality squaring up to the organized legions of the Glorious Empire. As in the previous game, they'll do anything and everything their overlord commands of them, especially now that they can run, ravage and wreck buildings and scenery and each have their own specialty in combat; Browns are the main general use soldier units, Reds with their fire-throwing ability are useful for long-range combat, Greens are experts at stealth maneuvers and Blues provide support and healing to other Minions. In addition, they've also learned a powerful new skill, how to ride. Three of the four kinds of Minions feature exclusive mounts: Browns on wolves, Greens on giant spiders that can climb walls and the Reds on salamanders. Atop their mounts these merry fighters are faster, and stronger than ever before. Multiplayer Options Along with a robust single player campaign Overlord II features a wealth of multiplayer play options. Players will enjoy four unique multiplayer campaigns in co-op and versus modes both online and offline, each with their own unique maps. These include: Co-op Modes: Arena Survival – Two players, both as overlords with their own Minions, help each other stay alive as they battle against wave after wave of enemies coming at them in an arena setting. Kill A General – Two players, both as overlords with their own minions, go through a series of lands together on a mission to kill a Glorious Empire general. Versus Modes: Treasure Hunt – Two overlords and their minion armies square off against each other to collect gold and other treasure. Whichever overlord has the most treasure at the end of this timed contest wins. King Of The Hill/Capture The Flag – Two overlords and their minions face each other on a battlefield with several hills with flags on top of them. Whoever captures the most flags at the end of this timed event is the winner. Creatures from the overlord world are also on the battlefield wreaking havoc adding an even greater challenge to victory. Laughter on the Battlefield Written by award-winning games writer, Rhianna Pratchett, Overlord II puts the laughter into slaughter and continues the series’ trademark humor, playing on the mischievous physical comedy of the minion’s antics with a sprinkling of parody for good measure.

Product Description

Overlord II is the sequel to the hit warped fantasy action adventure that had players being delightfully despotic. In Overlord II, a new Overlord and a more powerful army of Minions take on the Glorious Empire, an advanced Romanesque nation, in a truly epic, yet familiarly warped, adventure. As the Glorious Empire conquers kingdoms and destroys any sign of magic it finds, it¿s time to go Minion Maximus with a rousing cry of ¿Veni, Vidi, Vici¿ and send in the horde. The Minions return smarter, deadlier (and funnier) and are ready to fight in large scale battles that will see their wild pack mentality squaring up to the organised legions of the Glorious Empire. As ever, they¿ll do anything and everything the Overlord commands of them, especially now that they can run ravage and wreck buildings and scenery. They¿ve also learnt to ride: In Overlord II, Minions will be able to mount up and ride wolves and other magical creatures around the landscape and take them into battle, making our band of merry fighters faster and fiercer than ever before

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So Addicting and FUN, January 7, 2010

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J.J. Willard (USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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I purchased this game about a month ago and I have been playing this game religiously. Referring to other reviews, I don't see how anyone gets "lost" in this game if they're actually paying attention to what's going on in the game. On the contrary, if you look on the map, there's a little exclamation point that shows you where you're supposed to go.

I haven't completed this game 100% but I'm almost there. Overall, I think I've seen enough to easily earn this game 5 stars. I would absolutely recommend this game to any of my friends.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Missing something from the first one, July 4, 2009

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Stephen DeLuca - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Overlord 2 (Video Game)

Sorry this is so long, if you want depth read the whole thing, if you prefer brevity then I would simply say for those who never played the first one you should play it, it is more fun than the second, and for those who did play the first, then rent the second before you buy, because it is less fun than the first.

I really enjoyed the first Overlord. It was different and unique, and just a lot of fun. The graphics were not the best ever, but served their purpose, and the voice acting was (I believe) intentionally horrid, and helped sell the world. The game was still funny, and a lot of fun even with some annoying camera and control issues. The second one is exactly the same as the first, minus most of the fun.

If you never played the first then as background, you play an evil overlord who controls a horde of minions of various colors and abilities (brown = fighter, red = flamethrower, green = hiding/backstabbing, blue = healing/swimming) and you send them to smite the "good" guys (few of the "good" people are actually very good though in either game) and that is about it. The first game made up for the lack of any more real depth by making the enemies funny with specific downfalls (gluttony, lust, sloth, greed) and giving the minions some limited personality.

The second game eliminates a lot of what made the first enjoyable, first the enemies have nothing to identify them, the bosses recieve limited, if any, introduction or personality, and the basic soldiers/villagers are just there to be hit with something. Also, the advertised improvements such as minion mounts and sailing the boats are poorly implemented. Brown (wolves), green (spiders), and red (salamanders) minions can obtain mounts, but they are fairly useless except in the specific section they are needed. Wolves can jump over large gaps and spiders can climb webs so you see a wolf, you know ok, gap somewhere or spider = web to climb somewhere nearby. But that is it, and unlike weapons and armor for your minions, you can't keep mounts, they either leave when you return the minions to their nests, or when you change areas, but not even zones, there will just be certain areas in the same zone you obtain the mounts which they can't cross and just stop (and worse, can get stuck) and toss your minions off. Ships are even more annoying as there was some potential there but mostly they are used to get to a dock and that's it. After the first area you use it, then you really don't again. The game could have easily been designed without them and nothing at all would change.

Minions are still annoyingly stupid, I have to run the whole group over treasure and weapons several times before one will pick something up, and the camera seems even worse in this game than the first. There have been times when it got stuck facing my character from the front so I couldn't see what was coming or how to direct my minions without constantly turning it back behind me. Also, they eliminted the abyss (Hell) zones. In the first game after you beat an area you could open a gateway to basically hell where the enemies and people you met and fought are comedically suffering for their sins. These areas expanded the games play time and were a source of amusement (the gluttonous halfling who ate everything did so until he exploded, forever). The second one just lets you go back to a beaten area and either dominate everyone and force them to be your slaves or just kill them. The thing is there are 100 people you have to do this to in each town and it is BORING. Just doing it drags, but it is even more frustrating when you can only find 97 of them and spend hours trying to find the other 3. This is worse for domination since all the people are still around, your slaves and the not-yet-converted, so it gets really confusing trying to figure out who is and who isn't by just the slight blue static around your slaves heads.

On the plus side the new addition of stages where you posess the body of a minion and become one of them and sneak around or dress up as the enemy are actually amusing and fun, though you lose all of your overlord abilities, although magic is much less interesting in this game than the first anyway.

Like I said before this game is almost exactly the same as the first, only without the wit and humor that game possessed. If you enjoyed the first one, you may like this, or you may be disappointed like me, so I recommned a rental, if you hated the first then you will hate this one more.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Overlord 2, July 21, 2010

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Joseph Finnegan (Randle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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I am a big fan of this series. I may be only rated for teens but I really enjoy playing it and I am 28. All around good fun.

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