Overlord footage features minions, bosses, pumpkin armor

by Chris Greenhough { Aug 25th 2008 at 10:14PM }

The first video of Overlord: Dark Legend might be off-screen and a bit blurry, but we don't require high-resolution, direct-feed footage to tell us that the game will keep all the charm and personality of the original Xbox 360 title.

Producer Dean Scott can be heard commentating throughout both this and the video after the jump, enthusing about how nicely the Wii's controls suit Overlord, and discussing how Climax want to avoid fashioning a Morrowind-esque grey and brown fantasy world. So far, it's working; this looks visually closer to Fable. We'll be keen to see how many minions we'll be able to gather at once in Dark Legend -- the first game on the 360 allowed players to assemble around forty or fifty at some points, and a similar number would be welcome here. Also worth noting: Scott currently thinks this will be ready in time for June or July next year.

To see a boss battle in action, arm yourself with a pumpkin and charge past the break.

Gallery: Overlord: Dark Legend

[Via Go Nintendo]

Tags: adventure, climax-studios, codemasters, minions, overlord, overlord-dark-legend

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Michael @ Aug 25th 2008 10:45PM

I played the demo for Overlord on the PC, but the controls were pretty clunky. I assumed that they must have been more intuitive with an XBox controller. I'm betting that it will be a lot more fun with the Wiimote. Just point and pillage! I'm hoping that the minion pathfinder has improved though.

Michael
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Sisyphus @ Aug 25th 2008 10:48PM

I'm very interested.

CubeGuy @ Aug 25th 2008 11:11PM

When I read pumpkin armor, all I could think about was the "pot armor" from Ocarina of Time...

Anonymousaurus @ Aug 25th 2008 11:47PM

when i saw the video it reminded me of pikmin, i like that.

lets hope this baby is worth the wait.

ali7300 @ Aug 26th 2008 12:11AM

this game looks preety good, ill prob buy it, keep me busy till pikmin 3 comes out.

aneurysmi @ Aug 26th 2008 12:15AM

Let's save the 360 ports for games that are worth it, yeah?

CJLopez @ Aug 26th 2008 12:47PM

This aint no 360 port, but a completely new game

hvnlysoldr @ Aug 26th 2008 12:16AM

Sorry that this makes me wish for more than a 100 Pikmin in the new game.

Author X @ Aug 26th 2008 2:31AM

Oooh, I'm really excited for this. I just got a 360 and Overlord just this summer, and I loved it to pieces. I'm really glad this is a new game, and not a port, and different from Overlord 2. It'll be great to be able to buy this version for the Wii and the sequel for the 360.

As long as there aren't any of those DAMN DWARVES. like, srsly.

Rocketboy @ Aug 26th 2008 1:06PM

Looks almost Baton Kaitosish with the color scheme. I likes.

chalito @ Aug 26th 2008 1:17PM

Am I the only one amazed at the shadows in the first video?

Kamek @ Aug 26th 2008 2:46PM

So, do you control those little guys all the time? You don't get to take out a sword and fight on your own?

ponceturtle @ Aug 26th 2008 2:55PM

This game looks great and i agree with the guy saying about gray and brown world. Have any realized this? That many next gen games are actually just HD with a lot of gray and brown since those are the colors that are realistic. For me lately many next gen games are looking the same.