Overlord: Dark Legend

[The-chosen-one]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dark Legend will feature an original tongue-in-cheek storyline penned by award-winning games author Rhianna Pratchett, and is set to include a host of old and new franchise-favorite characters, including Halflings, trolls, elves and dwarves, as well as new wicked witches, gingerbread men, and Lil' Red Riding Hood, "the seeming sweet girl with a very personal lupine secret."

 

 

The Overlord franchise sparked to life on Xbox 360 in 2007 and immediately drew comparisons to Nintendo's own Pikmin because the main character, although very different from Captain Olimar, controlled his squad of minions around the world very similarly to the way Olimar did the Pikmin. Players used the second analog stick to move the Minions about like a wave.

 

Of course, Overlord Dark Legend will make full use of the Wii remote to further enhance the experience. According to Codemasters, the Wii remote enables "unprecedented control over the minions." Using the controller, gamers can pluck a minion from the horde, hold him by the neck and shake him around, "throttled to imbue him with some Overlordly power and turn him into a manic minion missile." Now charged with an explosive body, the in devilish critter can be guided into enemies with "hilarious, if rather fatal, consequences."

 

Overlord Dark Legend sounds very promising to us. For more details, we chatted with Codemasters' Dean Scott, who is serving as associate producer on the project. Here's what he had to say:

 

IGN: Will Overlord Dark Legend be a port or an all-new game for Wii?

 

Dean Scott: It's an all new game, designed especially for Wii. New story, new characters, new gameplay. It doesn't make sense to try and port the old version, when the Wii gives you an opportunity to make something that works very differently. The key difference is in how you play it. You point, and the minions go and break and kill things. It's a very literal connection for the player.

 

IGN: How is Overlord Dark Legend related to the first Overlord game?

 

Dean Scott: There are lots of subtle connections for Overlord-savvy gamers, but in the lineage of the series the events take place before the original game. So certain things you do set up events featured in the other games. It's not the same Overlord though. We're setting up the idea that there have been a series of Overlords throughout time.

 

IGN: What can you tell us about the story?

 

Dean Scott: It's part fairy tale, part classic fantasy, and all hilarious. Obviously we've twisted the fairy tale stuff around, because it wouldn't be an Overlord game without a load of black humor. So instead of helping Little Red Riding Hood find her grandma, you'd be helping the wolf shop for granny-friendly sauces. That's not actually in the game, but you get the idea.

 

IGN: Any new minions?

 

Dean Scott: It's the same four minion types, but we've given them new abilities. Some of these may be themed around bodily functions that childish folk like us find hilarious. We'll be revealing more from GC Leipzig.

 

 

 

the game looks really good in my opinion its now on my top 5 most wanted games

[Hero-of-Time]

Now this is more like it!

 

I played the demo of the 360 version ages ago and really enjoyed it, just never got around it buying the game. It really is like a evil version of Pikmin and the little demons you control are pretty much like Gremlins, evil but funny as hell.

 

I see there is a DS version coming aswell.

 

http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/898/898652p1.html

[Gaijin von Snikbah]

He said "not a port", therefore it is awesome.

[Alsnow]

known about this for a while, just not been aloud to say anything as my friend is an artist for this game. Looks pretty damn good though!!

[triforce_keeper]

This was a great game on the pc, shame my pc was a bitch to it.

[Zechs Merquise]

I quite fancy being the bad guy! This looks cool.

[steggy]

Looks good, like a cross between Dungeon Keeper & Pikmin. Hopefully with humour similar to Giants and Armed & Dangerous, I don't why those two games came to mind though.

 

Been thinking of wheeling out old Dungeon Keeper lately, mainly so I can slap my minions shouting "WORK HARDER, DAMNIT!" Lol never ceased to be amusing.

[darksnowman]

I have no idea what this is but I'll keep an eye on it anyway cos its giving off a good vibe from what I've read in the opening post. If it was an out and out "dark game" I'd likely be more meh towards it, but seeing as they are going for some comedy and maybe even some good old fashioned fun, it could turn out ok!

[Deathjam]

Another one on this stupidly long list of mine. I just cleared it and now its piled again.

[DCK]

Awesome, awesome. Got bored with it on PC because I felt like I should play it on a couch, staring at a PC, and now I can!

 

And not a port! Great stuff.

 

GT preview (sorry for the artefacts):

 

Apparently it's a Dutch production. Go us!

[Emasher]

Another great looking 3rd party game. Hopefully all these ones we're seeing now don't all go the way of red-steel.

 

This is another game on my "to buy" list then.

[Guest Jordan]

This game just didn't play properly at all. It had a great premise and mechanics but in execution it was a dodgy dungeon crawler with minions.

[Phube]

Hmmmmm?

 

 

[Noku]

This game just didn't play properly at all. It had a great premise and mechanics but in execution it was a dodgy dungeon crawler with minions.

 

On PC? I beg to differ. On 360? Probably so.

 

And never thought about the Sauron-likeness before. Nicely pointed out!

[Alsnow]

It should be a good game, its just like pikmin!

[gaggle64]

If it's a proper made-for-wii game, that's great stuff. We don't mind existing series, it's just straight ports that tend towards the problematic.

[Guest Maase]

[Nintendo Troll]Meh, graphics look like N64, Gameplay should be horrible, using motion to do something, get outa here, its going to be shit, and casual-based, so all the kiddies can enjoy it[/Nintendo Troll]

 

OMG!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Alsnow]

[Nintendo Troll]Meh, graphics look like N64, Gameplay should be horrible, using motion to do something, get outa here, its going to be shit, and casual-based, so all the kiddies can enjoy it[/Nintendo Troll]

 

OMG!!!!!!!!!!

 

I doubt it will be motions to control the character, i should imagine it would be pointing at where you want it to go and do.

[Emasher]

[Nintendo Troll]Meh, graphics look like N64, Gameplay should be horrible, using motion to do something, get outa here, its going to be shit, and casual-based, so all the kiddies can enjoy it[/Nintendo Troll]

 

OMG!!!!!!!!!!

 

Wii screens always look bad though.

[Hero-of-Time]

Here's a few details from GoNintendo about this evil version of Pikmin

 

Europe: tentative June release

- Wiimote provides FPS-like camera control

- Point and click to send minions to a specific area

- use Z to attack with main character

- due to Wiimote-pointing, you can now send minions to zones that you cannot reach right away

- shake Wiimote to charge minions like a bomb. Shake too much and they’ll explode. Launch minions and they’ll explode on impact. Guide minions slightly by tilting Wimote

- No sex or alcohol references

- up to 25 minions at once, different types as well

- 12-14 hours of playtime with lots of replayability

- there is a castle that acts as a hub

- 5 themes in the game, one including Little Red Riding Hood-turned-into-a-wolf final boss

- Links to Overlord 1 plot

[McPhee]

I liked the first game, so really glad to see a sequel!

[The-chosen-one]

does anyone know if there is a release date already for this game?

and still i like the graphics :P

 

 

[Shino]

Didn't know about this game! Looks pretty good!

 

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Now I want to play Dungeon Keeper 2...

[Dante]

new screenshots and new trailer is out.

[Dante]

New trailer is on ign.