Overlord II Previews

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Written by BuckGB on February 8th, 2009

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In Overlord 2, you'll actually be playing as the descendant of the "hero" from the first game. Having been smuggled into hiding to avoid the previous Overlord's wrath, you're actually raised by minions to become a brand new force of evil in the world. Speaking of evil, while the first game had some pretty devious moments (slaughtering sheep, hobbits and elves by the truckload), the developers felt that the evil could've been more pronounced. This time around you'll still be making choices to determine how you complete each quest, but the choice is now between domination and annihilation.

Fans of the original game had wanted things to be a bit nastier and the developer is working to make the choices a little more villainous. First and foremost, you'll have an opportunity to choose between destruction and domination. You can make a choice to enslave towns or burn them to the ground and that choice will have an impact on how you develop, the spells you can use and the options available to you in the Netherworld.

The minions have improved as well. Their mobility has increased so they'll be able to climb walls and make use of mounts that let them jump over rivers. New scripting gives you the option to send them off on independent missions through possession powers. Better still, the minions that you become particularly attached to can even be resurrected when they die.

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