The fun combat, some quirky character and a gorgeous environment, has a big flaw. Boring repetative quests. [NPC] asks you to fetch an item from another [NPC], which in turn asks you to kill some monsters and also fetch an item, before giving you the initial item you were supposed to fetch... All this requiring you to run by foot or mount for 10-30 minutes into the vast open world.
For the Overlord! Played through the game multiple times; Purchased multiple times (Physical, Steam and GOG). Enjoyable story with some fun humour. A good variety of locations, that slowly allows you to discover the various types of minions you have under your control. I still like the visual style of the game, even all these years later. The controls of the game is what i would say is one of the flaws. At least the responsiveness of the controls, and you commanding your minions. Graphic glitches and some bugs may be encountered during gameplay. Regarding performance; i would say the experience is subpar. Not bad and not great, considering how much faster things are today, than at release in 2007. If you want to fix any tearing issue you might have. Turn off v-sync in game, and enable it in your gpu's controlpanel for the game.
Not bad, not great... passable. If you like walking simulators, without puzzles; this might be for you. Interesting story. Visuals and atmosphere are great. Notes, newspappers, etc. scattered through the place, leaving you wanting to know more. The problem is that the game is somewhat linear, and you can't really go too much outside of the beaten path. Character development and dialogue, seems somewhat lacking. And i wished they spent some more time on that. The character movement is also slow and clunky, and does not feel like you are controlling a twelve year old... more like eighty. Performance were good for the most part.. some occasional stutters. Did not really encounter any bugs, atleast nothing that i noticed.
