Overlord: Dark Legend

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Dark Legend's art direction is a treat, from the extremely stylized characters to the saturated color palette. The Wii does the art no justice but the Minicyclopedia provided to you helps you see what it could have been on a stronger platform. The Minicyclopedia tells you everything you've ever wanted to know about characters, enemies, and general gameplay adorned with beautiful concept art. If you're anything like me, you'll constantly find yourself rummaging through all the facts and stories with wide eyes that are full of hope and wonder.

If it wasn't for the mild puzzles, you could almost certainly finish the game by chopping and hacking your way to the end. For once in the Overlord series, the Minions feel like the kids back in high school you didn't invite to your party -- but they showed up anyway so now you have to babysit them. I do commend Codemasters for catering to the Wii with a brand new Overlord game instead of porting over Overlord II, which could only have ended in tears -- but give us a challenge guys. We're not stupid.

PROS: Fantastic art style; nice soundtrack; fairytale style storytelling
CONS: NPC's are overtalkative and can get annoying; game is a bit too easy

Overlord: Dark Legend
Overlord: Dark Legend

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TripleO

If that's the case, you probably have a van with a bunch of these in the back.

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