MTV Multiplayer writes:
"During New York Comic Con this past weekend, I talked to the brand manager for "Overlord: Dark Legend" about how the Wii title will fill the void for Nintendo's hardcore gamers.
At New York Comic Con over the weekend at the Javits Center, I stopped by Codemasters' booth to see the new "Overlord" title "Dark Legend" for the Wii. The game is the first of the franchise for the Wii and is made exclusively for the platform. Set as a prequel to 2007's "Overlord," players will take on the role of a 16 year-old Overlord and be able control his evil minions with the Wii-mote and nunchuk."
Overlord: Dark Legend is a prequel to the first Overlord game, seeing the origins of the hatred between Elves and Dwarfs. Much like the first game you control a newly promoted Overlord who is a bit younger, in fact he looks a bit like a student in armor until you upgrade.
It's a good change for the system. This type of game looks like it will work really well on the system.
Now let's just see if it sells.
It doesn't look great. By applying the well-worn Wii formatting trick of liberating much of the grandeur and personality from a game series to make way for some arbitrary remote-wiggling interaction, the English developers have apparently designated their target market as the sort of immature sadists who believe pulling wings from insects constitutes a pastime.
PlayDevil has posted a review of Codemasters' Wii game "Overlord: Dark Legend".
Here's snip:
"Understandably the Wii does lack graphical power compared to other next gen consoles and it would be unfair to expect anything on a par graphically with other Overlord games on different platforms.
For the most part graphics are acceptable with the fantasy setting coming across fairly well without being too absorbing. The downside though is that there are quite a few glitches in the overall presentation which does take away a fair bit of the enjoyment although does not spoil the game too much."
