War for the Overworld Ultimate Edition

TL:DR-Bottom Single-Player Base Campaign: ---- -Pacing Okay the base game is extremely rushy, like if you played by the suggested timing, and sort of added the achievement time based stuff the whole game would last like 3 hours. I don't like that. -Ambiance It isn't funny, like at all. It is very serious, and the graphics aren't fun anymore. Succubuses and torture chambers are disusting, why is everything becoming gross like Diablo games? -Tactics In Single player there is no reason to make rooms, wall serve no purpose and just slow units down. -Gameplay The only way I could effecively beat every level was to just build Sentry traps (cannons), add the bulwarks to armor them, and then spam repairs and push them forward until I destroyed the enemy dungeon hearts using them. One level I just possessed a flying unit and attacked the enemy dungeon heart from an absurd (unlimited) range. Otherwise I couldn't beat the level. I wanted the home realm dungeon experience to be fun, but the narrator wouldn't stop yelling at me to hurry up; who wrote this? Expansions: ---- -Ambiance They got the jist, people didn't want to play a rushed game. It felt like your kids were rushing you to get to a theme park. You couldn't enjoy it, and the chaos wasn't fun, it was just chaos. Now they added in enemies that you can remember from one level to another. Much better. -Level Design Completely different -Overall Much better, but not many levels and I assume the game is done. Multiplayer: ---- -I don't play multiplayer, like the other 95% of people out there. -I play the campaign, I buy campaign expansions, then I go onto the next game. I don' know why a sim-game would ever waste time on anything multiplayer related, but to each their own. Overall: ---- -It is still a fun sim game, the building and spells are neat. -Tactics don't actually have any place. Just build Sentry guns, bulwark them, and as for rooms, there is no actual dungeon design.

I mean bruv, if you know Dungeon Keeper and Dungeon Keeper 2 THIS position is the only worthy successor. It's waaaaaaay more better than Dungeons 3. No doubt. Dungeons 3 were made funny, like for kids. If you want some old dark humour and gameplay like in DK and DK2 trust me, you'll play WFTO. I've hesitated a while to spend those 40 quid cause I was saving like hell. But they got some discounts and I bought it as a first choice ( as a Birthday present for myself :P ) - best choice made. Game has even more options than DK2. You got different spells that works best in certain conditions - therefore you can develop your own strategy or, you can figure out a way to win when supplies are scarce. Bro, I mean... you need to think, and it is a challenge - but lately games become so easy. AI is stupid as sh...t. I dunno, or maybe it's just me. Don't get me wrong, this game (WFTO) has 'good enough AI' but if you would play with players, you can literally train your mind and intellect. Currently I would get some different 'good characters' enemies to fight with. Constantly fighting with Dwarves is.. getting a bit boring. But, to be fair, I am still at the beginings of the game so take my word with 'pinch of a salt'. Regardless: I still encourage you to play this game, it's worthy!

To start off, I played Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2 when they were new. Ever since, I make a point every few years to play through DK2 again, look into what type of new custom content is out there, etc. After that replay of DK2 someone let me know I had overlooked this game, "War for the Overworld". The game is very similar to DK2, with lots of additions. Some of which I didn't find too useful as after a while the game just ends up so, "Busy" as one progresses. What really bothered me about this game is that the walls of your dungeon do not seem to matter to the function of the rooms at all. In DK2, sure, for lairs, hatcheries, walls didn't matter much, but for other rooms they did matter, for how many spaces you could have for training creatures, how many bookcases,, how many devices for torturing enemy creatures, and so on. In this game, for a lot of it I could just tear out large chunks of earth and maximize my space, and nearly the only function I had for the earth was to determine where I wanted invaders to funnel through. The game is alright, and to be fair I haven't played the other expansions yet, but for the core game, I just ended up getting bored once I realized walls didn't matter much to the rooms.

If you played and enjoyed the original Dungeon Keeper games buy this. It's truly a worthy sequel, not a reboot.

Clearly this game is inspired and a rip off from Dungeon Keeper, yet doesn't bother to endorse or mention it anywhere in it's description. Game can be completed within 8 hours if you know what your doing and offers no replay ability or customisation. All rooms and dungeons end up looking the same, gets boring quite quickly. I'd suggest people go play Anno 1404 if you want a decent building and management SIM. Or go play Overlords.