Overlord Xbox 360 Action and Adventure Game Review

In Overlord you will play the Overlord, emerging from next to death from the remains of the Dark Tower, a pitiless and powerful creature with a countless minions who will do your bidding against the enemy who have come to take your world.

Your minions will have special powers granted to them, depending on their color; red minions have the ability to withstand fire, and wipe it out so other are not troubled; while green minions are not affected by the poisonous gasses and plants that scatter the Overlord world.

But beware, the Overlord can only summon his minions at certain portals and only limited number at a time, with the limit being extended the further you progress until you have accumulated enough for the final confrontation.

Overlord has a tutorial where you are shown the basic sword moves and even how to send a single minion to solve a puzzle. Puzzles than can earn you special items are up for grabs like an item that allows you to teleport from the main game board back to your home tower and back.

Get through the world by taking the right doors or you will be backtracking or covering the same territory over and over, and remember some enemies re-spawn so look out for them.

And for the feature hungry…

Features:

• Players: 1
• EDTV: 480p support
• HDTV: 720p support
• HDTV: 1080i support
• Dolby 5.1 Surround
• Dolby 5.1 In-game
• Widescreen 16.9

Overlord:

• Platform: Xbox 360
• Publisher: Codemasters
• Genre: Action/Adventure

Release Date:

• 26th June 2007

Overlord is a task and quest game full of puzzles to solve with some being more difficult than others, so be prepared for a bit of head scratching. One bad point is that there are a few jumpy moments throughout the game play.

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