Demo: Overlord

I played a game way-back-when called Dungeon Keeper. It was a PC, RTS game that had you doing evil, fighting off good-doers and stealing treasure. It was awesome (makes mental note to find a copy somewhere).

Overlord is a awful, awful concept of an evil-doing game. I knew it was going to suck when the first mission was to save Bob's farm from some creatures growing evil pumpkins. WTF? Shouldn't I be killing Bob because his pumpkins aren't evil? Well, I showed Bob. He died right after I saved his farm. Stupid Bob.

So instead of a pure evil game, Overlord invokes elements of Fable, choosing to kill or not to kill stupid people like Bob. It's like the Hero's yin to the Overlord's yang. In Fable, you were always a hero throughout the game no matter how many bad things you did. Humans are corruptible though. I'm a minion Sire. I'm bred from evil. My eyes glow. There should be no question as to whether or not Bob lives and his evil pumpkins die.

Whoever made this game must have been human. I bet in Fable their character had a halo over their scarred up face.

I'm going on eBay to see if they've made Dungeon Keeper for the Mac yet.