Overlord Preview

The guys at ActionTrip have put together a quick preview of Triumph Studios’ action RPG/strategy hybrid, Overlord.

In due course, players unlock as much as four unique types of minions to summon into action. These are divided into the so-called reds, browns, greens and blues, each possessing a set of unique skills. All groups of minions are able to handle themselves in battle, depending on how well you use them. As we’ve learned, you can exterminate sheep in order to summon browns, but they can also be called when you’ve drained the life force from hobbits or humans. Dispatching reds, on the other hand, is suitable for ranged combat, given their ability to hurl fireballs. They absorb fire as well. By the way, when summoning reds, blues, or greens, you are obliged to accumulate a specific type of life force – killing fiery insects is needed for reds, for instance. With progress, players can command as much as 50 active little buggers at a time.