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War for the Overworld

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War for the Overworld
Description
Tired of invading dungeons? It's time you built your own! War for the Overworld is a Dungeon Management Game that employs your favourite aspects of the RTS and God Game genres. Carve out your Dungeon and conquer the Overworld! Underlord Edition also available! In War for the Overworld, each and...
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Product details
2015, Brightrock Games, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (64-bit), Dual Core CPU @ 2.5GHz, 4 GB RAM, Nvidia GT450 series with 512MB RAM or...
DLCs
War for the Overworld: Crucible, War for the Overworld: Heart of Gold, War for the Overworld: Season...
Time to beat
14.5 hMain
26.5 h Main + Sides
48.5 h Completionist
19 h All Styles
Description
Tired of invading dungeons? It's time you built your own!

War for the Overworld is a Dungeon Management Game that employs your favourite aspects of the RTS and God Game genres. Carve out your Dungeon and conquer the Overworld!

Underlord Edition also available! In War for the Overworld, each and every Underlord is their own unique being. A dungeon is a direct reflection of an Underlord’s presence and individuality. The Underlord Edition includes an extra Dungeon Theme, game soundtrack, lore book The Dungeoneer’s Guide to the Underworld (English only), and short story compilation All That Is Gold (English only)!


Ultimate Edition also available! If you desire the absolute incarnation of evil, then look no further than the Ultimate Edition, which features: base game, Heart of Gold expansion, My Pet Dungeon expansion, The Under Games expansion, Underlord Edition extras (dungeon theme, soundtrack, lore books).


Do you feel you are in a slump? Monotonously disembowelling evil guys in endless quests for gold and a slightly better pair of boots? You are starting to wonder... are heroics really your calling? Then welcome to the War for the Overworld!

Dungeon Management Reincarnated
Excavate and build your dungeon beneath the overworld, in the modern dungeon management game that’s most faithful to the genre’s original DNA. Keep your dungeons, slap your minions, and forge underground fortresses filled with all the dastardly rooms, traps and heinous minions you desire. Do it all under the mentorship of the original and best voice of evil: Richard Ridings!

Wield the Arsenal of Evil
Evil loves options, and within the Veins of Evil there are plenty to go around! Choose from over sixty rooms, spells, potions, rituals, defences and constructs as you progress through the game. Deploy your fiendish tools against the goodly heroes of the overworld, and teach them the price of trespass.

Conquer a Myriad of Modes
With six game modes to choose from you can conquer your enemies in your own unique way. Choose from Campaign, Skirmish, Scenarios, Multiplayer, Survival, and the My Pet Dungeon expansion (free 2-level demo included in the base game), and discover what it truly means to be the bad guy.

Customise, Create, and Share with Your... Enemies
Build your own maps and campaigns with the intuitive and powerful Map Editor, complete with scripting support, then share them with the community to join the ranks of thousands of custom maps already created! Meddle further, and change the very rules themselves to your liking with dozens of mutators. Being evil has never been so creative!

Made by Cultists (Fanatics), for Cultists (Fanatics)
War for the Overworld is developed by an independent team of fanatical developers, each with a true love of the dungeon management genre. We have continued to update the game since launch, with countless patches, balancing, polish, and many new features. Our community has been vital to our success, and we couldn’t have made the game what it is today without their help. We thank them sincerely.

Copyright Subterranean Games Ltd. 2013-2018, Copyright Brightrock Games Ltd. 2015-2018

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Contents
Standard Edition
Underlord Edition
Ultimate Edition
Community Map Pack
soundtrack (MP3)
guide
storyline
Dungeon Theme
Heart of Gold Expansion
My Pet Dungeon Expansion
Crucible Expansion
The Under Games Expansion
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Multiplayer Notice: Multiplayer is available online via GOG Galaxy, as well as via LAN and Direct IP. All multiplayer connection methods are cross-compatible with the Steam version of the game.

Linux notice: Before playing the game, please make sure you are using the latest proprietary drivers for your graphics card.

ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY

Multiplayer Notice: Multiplayer is available online via GOG Galaxy, as well as via LAN and Direct IP. All multiplayer connection methods are cross-compatible with the Steam version of the game.

Linux notice: Before playing the game, please make sure you are using the latest proprietary drivers for your graphics card.

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
14.5 hMain
26.5 h Main + Sides
48.5 h Completionist
19 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.9+)
Release date:
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Size:
3.8 GB

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Posted on: June 15, 2017

suma1959

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AAA Quality Game!!!

Easily a 5+ Star rated game! What a shot of nostalgia! I have to give the developers many KUDOS on such a masterful job on a superb presentation and AAA quality all around! Simply put, this game is a gigantic love letter to Dungeon Keeper with high quality sound, music, graphics, voice overs, fantastic tutorial, etc... Everything is done so well and it runs fantastic on OS X 10.11.6. Easy to play, hard to stop playing! The game is worth every penny! I purchased EVERYTHING!!! Time to slap some minions into submission! MUAHAHAHAHAH Again, BIG KUDOS to the developers!!! Hardware Overview: Model Name: MacBookPro 11,5 (Mid 2015) Processor Name: Intel Core i7 Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 4 L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache: 6 MB Memory: 16 GB Type: DDR3 Speed: 1600 MHz Video Card: AMD Radeon R9 M370X, VRAM 2048 MB Operating System: OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6 (64 bit OS)


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Posted on: June 18, 2017

doc_willis

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Games: 410 Reviews: 2

Works Great on Ubuntu 17.04 -

The kind of game you start playing, then realize that the whole day has passed. Works fine for me on Ubuntu 17.04


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Posted on: January 22, 2018

llTh3HunTerll

Games: 20 Reviews: 3

nice :D

nice really game :D


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Posted on: July 2, 2017

comm1

Games: 61 Reviews: 2

Just not very good.

I tried to like this game i did. But everything about it screams amatuer. The colors blend togeather so it's hard to tell rooms apart. Way too much action and micromanagement compared to dungeon keeper 2 or 1. Too many balls up in the air at once and a bad user interface to deal with it. The game really just doesn't work at any level. It was a shame dungeon keeper 2 is in my top 5 games of all time. If you don't care about the VERY short single player campaign then it may be better for you but this just doesn't work for me. You don't feel like you have much control and it's so bland looking it's hard to look at.


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Posted on: December 18, 2022

Yffisch

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Games: 522 Reviews: 55

Finally a game that can be called DK3

I got kind of sad when the work in DK3 was interrupted and Bullfrog died. The games has always followed me almost my whole life and they have high replay-ability. The original one DK1 is of course the best of them all still and no clone can compete with that game. However, if you compare DK2 with War for the Overworld, it's actually not that much different at all. It has basically everything that DK2 has, but with some extra stuff like potions and the sanctuary. I did not really find the potion stuff that useful but it's a fun addition. The only thing I miss are the original monsters from the DK series, but since it's a spiritual successor, I understand they could not use those characters and names. I don't "feel" that much for the WFTO monsters as I feel with the DK monsters. But they have a similar monster for the corresponding character in DK, but with less personality. What bugged me more was when you play as one of the monsters, it was quite a bad UI for switching between the weapons and I could not really see any difference while switching weapons. Imagine DK1 when you cast those red little screaming blobs and then switch to a fireball, and then switch to healing - it's all very clear and visible. In WFTO, it was more of "I have no clue what's happening now, but I'm switching weapons at least". However, it's a very good game even though the DK games are still much better.


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