Overlord II is the sequel to the hit warped fantasy action adventure that had players being delightfully despotic. In Overlord II, a new Overlord and a more powerful army of Minions take on the Glorious Empire, an advanced Romanesque nation, in a truly epic, yet familiarly warped, adventure. As the Glorious Empire conquers kingdoms and destroys any sign of magic it finds, it’s time to go Minion Maximus with a rousing cry of “Veni, Vidi, Vici” and send in the horde. The Minions return smarter, deadlier (and funnier) and are ready to fight in large scale battles that will see their wild pack mentality squaring up to the organised legions of the Glorious Empire. As ever, they’ll do anything and everything the Overlord commands of them, especially now that they can run ravage and wreck buildings and scenery. They’ve also learnt to ride: In Overlord II, Minions will be able to mount up and ride wolves and other magical creatures around the landscape and take them into battle, making our band of merry fighters faster and fiercer than ever before

I enjoyed the first one, but still failed to want to spend [...] on it's sequel, so I waited until it went to [...]... In my opinion this game should never be more then [...], unless they are gonna add extra perks... Still I rather enjoy going around causing terror, being bad or super bad...

I am a big fan of this series. I may be only rated for teens but I really enjoy playing it and I am 28. All around good fun.

This game is very fun for mindless, senseless minion violence. Like overlord 1, you control a gaggle (this number can be 5-50) of minions to do your bidding and wreak destruction upon the land.

Unlike the first game, this time the setting is in the height of the roman empire rather than medieval times. This game has made massive improvements over its predecessor including better AI, bigger battles, more enemies, and the ability to have all minions except browns not suck! Another benefit is minion health improves based on a rudimentary level system, that way minions aren't determined solely on the goofy junk they pick up from battles. Another thing is there is now more of a magic system other than burn things and make minions angry.

The downside to this game though is this: to get 100% completes it takes an awful lot of effort and time, you can't customize weapons and armor anymore, and the overlord tower is too big for the things that you want to accomplish. The last complaint I have is the enemies/bosses aren't as creative in this game as its previous title, plus there's no expansion pack to get where you can torture said bosses in a mini hell.

I would recommend this game to most everyone who plays games. it's smart, dark, funny, and a great time.

I was really looking forward to this game after falling in love with the first one. Wow ! What a disappointment. The controls in the first game were quirky but workable with a little practice , the controls in this one are horrific the Overlord is glued to the direction of the minions leading to some frustrating fights. The minions are totally stupid and won't pick up dropped items no matter how many times you direct them to it , but they don't seem to mind drowning themselves en mass like lemmings. The underground castle , what's the point of having a bad ass castle if it's where no one can see it? Riding the wolves gimmick is ok when it works, when it doesn't, well good luck.
Overlord 2 is a frustrating mess , stick to the original . This is a good example of a company rushing out a game to make a buck on the previous games charm , only to ruin the brand.

This is a rare game style, because not only are you the bad guy, but you are a seriously bad dude, and not in the same moronic way as you would in the Grand Theft Auto series. What I mean is that you play a Sauron-esque Lich-like creature with great magical powers of mental domination and typical demonic power. You are placed in a Tolkien-esque world that literally does not leave a single cliche out to make fun of. This game is by far the best game I have played and I own 45 games at the moment. I am not even a strategy style gamer. This is a light-hearted game with its humor but it is very sadistic as well. Probably not the greatest game for kids due to the crude adult humor and the whole murdering entire villages and ensclaving the human race, but there is not blood and it is light-hearted in that you are the most powerful being in the world yet you command a horde (up to 50!!) of what could only be called Goblins from J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy series The Lord of the Rings.

This game seeks to make fun of every cliche while itself plays out those cliches at the same time. It is just hilarious and sick, yet not too sadistic. You command up to 50 golblins who have the ability to either be a great fighter, great swimmer, shoot fireballs/immune to fire, or stealth/immune to poison. All of them are fighters, but the great fighters are by far the toughest. All others will drown except the swimmers, yet all will be burned except the fire goblins and all will be poisoned except the stealth/poison goblins. So you see, there is a lot of strategy involved. Each type of goblin is earned in a sequence and allow for progression. For instance, certain areas will have water so you cannot get by unless you have the blue goblins who can swim, etc etc.

A wonderful game and the secon din the series. This game is much more compatible than the first one which catered to Nvidia GPU's. All overlord games are intensive on CPU's due to the intense processes involved, so make sure your PC is strong enough.

5 Stars!