War for the Overworld Ultimate Edition

I'm playing this game on Linux Mint 19, stable with no issues. The concept is as of now the closest one can get to the old Dungeon Keeper franchise. I also own the Dungeons X series, which is not too bad, but at times with the cartoon style and the overexcited waffling evil a bit too annoying. WotO however finds, in my opinion, a good balance between sarcastic/funny comments and 'serious' game play to create a convincing atmosphere to dig your own, and some heroes graves. It is also still actively updated (just got patched to 2.0.7 with bug fixes, improvements and more scripting support in the map editor). It features different games modes like Campaign, Skirmish, My Pet Dungeon (dlc), etc, different dungeon styles (well kind of), seasonal events (if you log in). Beside the original rooms and creatures, some new, like the witch chamber or the beast den are available, lots of new traps with distinguish effects and a point based research tree gives new strategical options. I's also well balanced, with different AI settings, thou some people claim the AI is 'cheating' a bit it's not to bad. In the end, it's difficult to create a reasonable ai with so many possibilities to choose from and still run smoothly on low end machines without a bit of cheating here an now. There is also a FAQ for the Gog-Version on the official homepage: https://support.brightrockgames.com/knowledge-bases/2/articles/2302-gog-drm-free-build-faq Even thou it's not perfect, it's the first game I rate 5 stars here as I think it's well deserved for a game which delivers what it promised. Not more nor less.

Anybody who has played Dungeon Keeper will know what I'm talking about. The "good old" that we all know, in a refreshed and more refined package. It's based on Unreal Engine so expect everything to be nice and shiny, with all the lightning effects. It could use a bit more of the well known dark humor from the orginal series, but still time well spent... if it works. The game needs some serious additional stability development work on the graphics engine, as it does not seem to be optimised. Heavy on the CPU, GPU, RAM, and still crashing despite vast resources available. Don't get me wrong, the game is a 5* wonder if it works, but after trying to complete a single level for the 10th time I'll wait till it's past beta.

Played the game a while ago and can absolutly recommend it. Obviously a dungeon keeper type of game. Following some thoughts about the game .... gameplay: It's fun to play and runs stabel. You can try out different strategies and you get challenged with different types of objectives. graphics: A little older now, but still nice to look add. You can see that the developers put a lot of effort into it. difficulty: It could be a little more challenging for my taste, but some of the levels are tricky. story: There i had to cut off one star. The story is very generic and anticlimactic at the end.

There are a couple more similar games available that are ok but this one, in my opinion, really brings everything together that you loved about Dungeon Keeper and expands on it for the most part. If I had to change anything, I think it would be something I liked about another dungeon keeper type game called "Dungeons", I really like how you upgrade your minions in that one vs. just pretty much doing everything from a specific menu, like this one. Really though, this one is more superior. Better thought out, more complete and more faithful to the obvious source material. We are all inspired by someone.