Overlord Comments by Kieron Gillen

Yeah, GamesTM is being overly critical last few issues. I thought Edge we're more of a hardcore naysayer crowd.

Phew! It's still a week from release...

*furiously hammers through about 50 games still in their cellophane*

nice to see the word heterogeneous in a review these days.

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Ok, I admit it, I had to look it up.

Happy?

I was impressed with heterogeneous too. That guy's a geneous.

Shall I continue?

I think I shall. I liked the demo, but suspect the game will bomb at retail. Shame, it's Rare to find a game with humour in these days.

"Gangs of New Orcs."

Teeeheee. I'm easily amused.

I hear this is region free, which makes the decision easier (40 euros). Will need to confirm that though, Play-Asia don't list it as region free yet.

@symmetry

You're joking right? Apart from them two driving games the other week theres been nothing for ages now. And nothing on the horizon until end of August.

360 is drought-city right now. (But then so are all the other consoles)

I would now like to turn you attention to this.

Admittedly, a lot of chaff there.

I still gave to get to Oblivion and DR though. :/

@JayPee

Yeah, apart from Left 4 Dead and Bioshock, pretty much all those games look terrible until September. Thanks.

ehm, The Darkness?

@menage

Im on the fence with the Darkness to be honest. Could be ok, but could also be this summer's Prey if you know what I mean...

Shopto.net have pre-orders available for Overlord on 360 at £27.99 with free postage. Bargain!

@afgan

Overlord, the darkness, Forza 2 and Dirt in the space of 3 weeks is pretty good going. My PS3 owning buddies can only look on..
And I'm still playing C&C3.
And there is some good XBLA stuff out at the moment too (e.g. Pac Man CE, and Price of Persia).

It's enough for me and certainly alot better than the usual summer.

"Im on the fence with the Darkness to be honest. Could be ok, but could also be this summer's Prey if you know what I mean..."

@afgan
Whats will all the negative vibes ... you are ruining my buzz ?

Looks like it will be good for a laugh or two...

I hated the demo, thought it was slow and the humour didn't really appeal to me. After reading this review, I better give the demo a second go, though.

/is easily influenced

Loved the demo, glad to see that it is continued :)

Better than RE4 on the Wii then...........I`ll get my cloak.

Loved the demo so I'll definitely be getting it.

Wow. You guys really need a copy editor. This review is hilarious.

"The reasonable skill-set expands its appeal with the specifics utilisations"

LOL. English much?

Sold then.

"360 is drought-city right now."

wow!!! that's really, really dishonest..., can't seem to get the time to play all the great games that are coming steadly. And how can anyone "complete" Forza 2, DiRT, now this in less than a month? Are we in a hurry?

Well. To be fair. If you don't like racing much? I know I'm waiting on a lot of games (like Overlord, Blue Dragon, Bioshock and the Darkness) to hit. But This last 6 months mostly have been about tactical shooters, sports and racing.

Crackdown (wish it had a story) and Senko no Rondo (to expensive) excepted.

My point. I like games that are creative (in an artistic kind of way) and plain fun. Games that tickle my imagination. The last game I bought on full price for 360 was Lost Planet. So if you are a gamer like me, it has been quite a long wait. That's all going to change in these months though, but I can see where the drought thing is coming from.

we also had since Spiderman; CC3; Armored Core; Meet the Robinsons; Icon; Oblivion's Shivering Isles; Guitar Hero II; Dance Dance Revolution (via import at least); Prince of Persia (XBLA), and then yes racing and sports... I thought it would please everyone.

not really fond of "kiss and tell" but we might have a review of Darkness soon ;)

Yea, good, funny review. Game sounds great.

However the grammar is awful and in places it was just hard to read (due to strange wordings or sentances), would be nice if this article had a proper overhaul so its a bit simpler to read.

Yeah, start the chaos.

Huzzah Overlord I'm keen to get this looks great, and It'll make me power up the jet engine which has been gathering dust,

"we also had since Spiderman; CC3; Armored Core; Meet the Robinsons; Icon; Oblivion's Shivering Isles; Guitar Hero II; Dance Dance Revolution (via import at least); Prince of Persia (XBLA), and then yes racing and sports... I thought it would please everyone.

not really fond of "kiss and tell" but we might have a review of Darkness soon ;)""

Great, can't wait.

Meet the Robinson( I really haven't got a clue about that game), Armored Core and DDR I haven't seen lying in the shops, so can't really see people buying them.

CC3 is a PC port I'd rater play on PC and I did buy SI (great), but that more of the same.

Live games are okay, but not really the reason I bought a 360. Ikaragua better hurry up. I tend to buy them, play them 2 evenings and never touch them again. Only SOTN did more for me.

You're correct that I did make it sound like there's nothing else. But movie tie-ins, add-on, partygames and ports don't really do it for me. They can be fun, but not the reason I bought a 360. As I said i like to be surprised.

Overlord is an original title which seems a lot of fun. Looks great, sounds great and has a nice story.

Lol @ the people saying there are no games atm. Just lol.

Okm there are games at the minute, but lets be very clear, they are mostly shite.

Live Arcade, ports, movie-tie ins etc are not reason I bought a 360.

There are no GOOD games around at the minute. (Bar them driving ones if you like that kind of thing.)

There really hasnt been much quality output for the 360 since Crackdown.

C&C3 is keeping me very busy on 360, enough with the negative shit. It's the only console that has any damn games at the moment.

Yes because everybody hated Catan, Guitar Hero II, Earth Defence Force 2017, Virtua Tennis 3, Worms and GRAW 2.

I'll pass on this game, every other site is giving it shit scores, here's a 6.7 from CVG


http://www.computerandvideogames.com/art...

Next gen is to expensive to take a gamble on mediocre games.

@symmetry

Give over mate. Thats your comeback? Really?

Ok well, GH II is good but was basically a port costing £60 which a lot of people already got for £35 plus geetar on PS2.

GRAW2 was generally seen as an add-on pack not a full sequel.

A lot of people actually did hate EDF17.

Worms is fine but really, we've all played it before, and this was hardly a definitive version by a long long way.

VT3, yeah, forgot that but not a big sports fan. hey ho.

And Catan, you are joking, right, I didnt spunk £300 on a next gen console so I could sit around playing fucking Catan.

You've just proved my point. Thats six games youve listed, of which one was a port, two were Live arcade, one was a budget release, one was a rushed sequel.

Hardly a stellar line-up fr the last few months. Why is it an issue for people to accept the fact that there is a summer drought. always has been, always will be. Clinging to sub-par releases and Live arcade wont change this.

isnt a drought when nothing comes out at all... whether or not they are ports of xbla?
I think ur just nit picking afghan

@souljacker

I call it a drought when theres nothing out worth buying. Im not sure theres hard and fast rules anyway.

All I know is, Ive not bought anything since Crackdown, and looking through my friends list, neither has anyone else bar the few who got GHII or shadowrun.

Also, compared to what will be a veritable downpour of genuine top notch titles come September - November period, I'd say this definitely qualifies as a drought.

I just want the blockbusters promised to me at XO6, that's all.
Creed, Bioshock, Darkness, Bliue Dragon, etc.

Not Games I could rather play on my PC (GRAW) or could have bought a Wii for same effect (GH2)

Come on. We're not saying those games suck, but they're not games I bought 360 for. Heck I wouldn't have bought it if ir wasn't for games like Dead Rising and Viva Pinata. I want original content!

so you don't like shooters, nor sports, no games that can be played on PC's, no driving games, no party games, no sequels...
hummm, maybe video-gaming isn't your cup of tea at all...

note: I can't stand office-desk gamingm so "PC ports" for me are a blessing.

is there anything to do after you've finished the missions?

"so you don't like shooters, nor sports, no games that can be played on PC's, no driving games, no party games, no sequels...
hummm, maybe video-gaming isn't your cup of tea at all... "

Maybe we like adventures, FPS without the tactical bull, RPG's, platform games or something that doesn't fit the mold (like Pinata). etc. Seen any of those recently? I would love a Dead Rising 2, Viva 2 or Lost Planet 2, I've got nothing against sequels or arcade games.

That's the big thing MS needs to adress if it's ever going to top Sony. Not everyone is a weapon or car freak.

@miiiguel & others

If you genuinely believe we are currently experiencing some sort of 'golden-age' of 360 gaming and that the current crop of games is as good as the next-gen gets then good for you. Personally I find the games which have come out recently and over the next couple of months to be lacking in number and lacking even more heavily in quality.

I look forward to the winter months, when all the topdrawer titles are scheduled for. Nothing that has come out recently comes close to the bumper crop of games coming out in Q4 07. Fact.

If you want to play Live arcade and ports then bully for you. Personally Im waiting for something more fulfilling. Just dont try and put games like Overlord on a pedastal. Just because its the only thing out doesnt make it good. If it came out nearer christmas you wouldnt piss on it if it was on fire and you know it.

Fair enough, to each its own I guess..., I do believe that I'm fact currently experiencing some sort of 'golden-age' of 360, and you're (again) right, good for me.

I just happen not to ditch any game because of "its" kind. A few weeks ago I even got the time to experience a very good RPG, that I've missed - Enchanted Arm (yeah shock! an RPG @ 360) - , I also let myself amaze with Oblivion once again by means of Shivering Isles.

And how can you say games that came out, and will come in the near future lack in quantity and quality: Forza 2; DiRtT; GHII, etc., were praised by the critic allover, even if you can't play it because one cal label you as a "driving freak"; or a "playing-a-game-that-should-belong-to-another-console freak" (whatever that means), they are good games, and I can assure you they wont make you less brighter. About future releases, you can be right, can't argue on that, my crystal ball got the 3 red lights...

You can be disappointed, but IMO you would be no matter what.

"You can be disappointed, but IMO you would be no matter what."

Yeah, I probably would be. I'm a miserable bastard and I actually hate games more than I hate Robbie williams. And I'm a man who would happily punch Williams' stupid face off given half a chance.

I wouldn't. I love my 360 and loved last years rush of creative titles (VP, Gears, Dead Rising). I just hate that I have to wait until september until the big ones are gonna hit (and the Darkness off course:P)

@afghan_jones, I completely agree!

This is more like it Kieron! I think your lighter reviews are much better written than the serious ones.... keep up the good work!

"my giggling serfs dragged off an enormous pile of gold which I'd spend on an old fridge which leaks CFCs constantly or something."

hilarious!

@verwandlung

are you agreeing about the summer drought or about smashing williams in the face???

The latter.

I loved the demo, I got really attached to my little marauding dudes in just that 20 minute period :D

The demo was fun. Sometimes I only want to be a little bit evil. I want a break from the games where you play the good guys and then proceed to slaughter entire civilizations.