The Original game was fantastic, tedious sometimes but still fantastic. Many quests, lots of ways to progress and I can't recommend it enough. The DLC's on the other hand have been a bit hit and miss and this one is no exception. There are far too many 'tombs' which need to be found first by hoofing it around the maps then solved, and they aren't hard and present no real challenge, just frustration. Once you've done those and got your pets, you've got something to release and then you're done. There's no 'end' to this DLC, you just keep going until the few quests you had are done and you're left thinking, what's next... nothing is next except unanswered questions. You have a pet, nice, but its of no use in a game without anything to do. Bugs wise it has quite a few, from a pet that seems incapable of staying on land and serves only to push you off bridges, to a collection of graphics and quest issues which I'm sure will get fixed one day.
I think the game is great actually, especially once you've eventually made it through the original game which is laborious at times, but these expansions let you 'continue' with your hard earned level, weapons and perks and then unleash them on a new map. BUT, this add-on as with underworld is tiny in comparison to the main game, and it won't take you more than a few hours to complete it so whilst great to have it is short lived. I think the studio has the potential to release endless DLC's and we'd be more than happy to buy them, and of course I would love to see a level editor to keep the game alive and people buying it long after the studio has moved on. Just my opinion.
The Community DLC ( the other one ) was great, good levels, well designed and complete, but this DLC is full of poorly designed and buggy levels ( well at least the first 5 anyway, after which I gave up because it wasn't really enjoyable any more ). Definitely consider the community DLC, but maybe give this one a miss and wait for the next ?
Considering these levels were produced by the community I can only say that I'm really impressed. One level the chap even included narration which was FAB. If you loved Overload, then this is a no brainer really.
I loved Descent, and Descent 2, and wasted many hours of my youth fighting my way through seemingly endless barrages of hostiles. Overload is FANTASTIC, from design to handling to navigation and the campaign is well thought out, beautifully scripted and really enjoyable. PLEASE consider releasing a proper DLC produced by the game designers, I'd be sure to buy it as would many I suspect.
Which is a shame because it could have been great, but for now its only great up to a certain point beyond which things don't work and it all goes down the tubes. There's been no updates for a very very long time, and dropping Mac Support was a real kicker. Knowing you can never complete the game is probably the biggest reason for passing this by, oh and did I mention mac support?
I do like a good puzzle, and I like a good storyline, but this game has neither. The story is flaky at best, disjointed, and lacking most of the basic details. The puzzles are really tedious and you soon get the feeling that the hours you spend trying to solve them, most of which is taken up running back and forth, are hours that you'll never get back. Speaking of running back and forth, this game runs on rails so you cannot fall off anything or climb anything and it certainly is not "open world". You find yourself just following the paths that the developers have allowed you to follow, back and forth, get this, bring that, move that, and so on, and just for fun, everything has to have a delay to it, the teleport machines take about 25+ seconds each way, the mine card is excruciatingly slow, and just running is barely more than a brisk walk. The majority of the time in the game is taken up teleporting, walking fast over great distances, and driving a mine cart really slowly. I finished the game, but once finished, the story, what the was of it, ends and that's it, no more play, you're done and you get the credits.
Having played many civilisation sims I thought this was worth a shot, but actually it wasn't. The game logic is poor and predictable, and the more you play the more predictable it becomes. Its not expensive so give it a punt if that's your thing but for me wasn't worth the time.
This is probably the best game this year by far, but, there's a lot to this game that isn't intuitive or documented so you'll be referring to the internet regularly to progress. Content is large, but repetitive, and the need to 'walk' everywhere with the inevitable back and fourth really slows it down. If you're considering this game, I suggest the console version because playing it on a PC with keys makes it much harder and frustrating. The company has promised some DLC's which will further expand the game, but the content is unknown at this time.
