Overlord might seem like an ideal fit for the Wii, with its cutesy graphics and lovable minions, but under its niceness lies a game packed full with evil intent. Far from being a game for the kiddies, with Overlord: Dark Legend Codemasters has attempted to create a game for the Wii's hardcore gaming audience and hasn't pandered to casuals' demand for mini-games and simplified control schemes. Despite a few control quirks and a difficulty level that would only challenge a complete novice, the end result is a game that all serious Wii owners should take a look at.
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."
Overlord was a fun game on the 360 and PS3. This one seems like a nice addition to the Wii library.