TPG says: "Mutant Fungus is plaguing the lands in this spin off portable platform from Codemasters. With Minion Master Gnarl as your guide you will control Giblet, Blaze, Stench & Zap through six different areas each with four levels of Puzzles. The cartoonish detailed graphics of each of these levels are well thought out. Completing the puzzles will rid the villages and forests of this Fungus and allow the evil Gnarl to rule the lands again. Gnarl will help you through the game with instructions and tips though text based scenes that are at times comedic but A wise sounding voice over would have been a better touch. Instead you get a repetitive musical sound track that's a flash back to some older games. You are able to re-read these instructions by taping on Gnarl at anytime which is good if you play a little at time while on your way to work or school. Unfortunately, these instructions do not include everything you need to play the game. This is one game that you will need to have the manual close at hand when you're required to do an advanced move."
Level7: Despite great criticism from both the press and players sold the first Overlord game no huge quantities. Codemasters did however give the series another chance. Original developers Triumph Studios therefore carved up Overlord 2 to PS3 and 360, while Climax Studios was commissioned to program a Wii and the DS version.
Cubed3 writes: "Since the release of god sim Black & White, many games have taken the idea of being the bad guy and ran like Usain Bolt with it, letting the concept directly influence gameplay like in Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, and it's the underlining frame of the Overlord series. Alongside Dark Legend on the Wii, Overlord Minions is an offshoot of Overlord II on the HD twins; does this status undermine the game, or propel it above the other offerings?
Minions follows a similar structure to the other games, as you take on the role of an evil Overlord figure in his attempts to snuff out resistance and opposition throughout the kingdoms. To aid you in this task is the diminutive race of Minions, led by your Yoda-like advisor, Gnarl. Consisting of four differently coloured creatures, each group has separate abilities and attributes. To start off with you are required to investigate the threatening creatures pouring out of the nearby Withering Woods, and from there move onto areas like the Cloudland Keep set atop towering cliffs, and Fossilised Temple which speaks for itself in regards to design..."
GameFocus writes: "The Overlord series is finally making its debut on the Nintendo DS. Much like the on the Wii, the series is taking a slightly different direction than the Xbox 360/PS3 games. This time, rather than focusing the story on the Overlord himself, the DS game centers on those loveable, mischievous Minions. Does the handheld title live up to its console big brothers' legacy? Can the Minions steal the spotlight from the series' main man?"
Pros
+ Clever puzzles and level designs
+ Graphics are well done.
Cons
- Controls are absolutely broken.
- Humour is decidedly flat in comparison to other games in the series.
- Story isn't very engaging.
Too many versions of this game to really know what to get.
Isn't this franchise getting stretched a bit thin?
the BIG problem with it, is every thing you do involves a slash motion, which doesn't sound bad, however, after spending a half hour one the 1st level, because the minions only attacked(which is a slash motion) when i wanted them to press the switch (which is a slash motion) so in the end i gave up. you think with a button you could just press it, but no, it had to be a slash. the controls interferes with itself.
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