Overlord

I really liked this one. I'm referring to Overlord, a third-person action role playing game. For a game released in 2007, I thought the graphics really looked great and held up quite well even 13 years later. You play as the Overlord who is out to destroy the Seven Heroes who were corrupted by the seven deadly sins. Along the way, there are many sub-quests to complete and items to acquire. You can find objects to increase health and mana and learn new spells. You can also obtain items to upgrade the tower, which serves as your home base. The primary focus of the game, however, is controlling minions. There are four varieties of minions: brown are melee fighters, red are fireball-throwing ranged attackers, green are stealthy assassins, and blue are healers who can swim. As you can only control so many minions at a time, it is important to maintain a proper mix depending on the area and situation.

About the only downside of the game for me was that it crashed a few times. Sometimes that wasn't a big deal. Other times it was maddening because I lost quite a bit of progress due to a crash. I own the expansion pack, Overlord: Raising Hell, and the sequel, Overlord II, so I will definitely spend more time playing this video game series.


The Overlord in Mellow Hills