Overlord is a dark fantasy Pikmin-like that is charming yet a lil tedious and frustrating at times. I love the aesthetic, evil dude resurrected by minions looking for an evil Overlord to take command of them. The dark high fantasy setting is has a very similar feel to Fable, with the slightly cartoonish designs, magical creatures, and silly humor. The combat is simple yet repetitive, but you do get to enhance and customize your equipment for some variety. The puzzles are neat and greatly utilize the varying types of minions at your disposal. Commanding the minions, however, can be a massive headache. There are so many ways for many of them to instant die, their pathing gets them stuck or lost and even dead, constantly. The game is not great at explaining mechanics to the point I figured out certain mechanics at random by just pressing random buttons. The camera control is practically non existent. Its very difficult to choose targets when multiple are on screen. I wouldnt have cared about the poor controls as much if minions didnt die from the slightest thing and I had to hike my way back to the spawn pits just to do it again. Also, with the amount of running around and objectives to complete, the game wouldve greatly benefitted with a sprint button and an actual map to help you navigate.

I mainly kept playing this game for its great style, charm, and humor, but man if it didnt have that cool aesthetic that I love, I wouldve put this game down and not gone back.