My plan was to play Overlord II but apparently I was not pay attention and I rented Overlord Dark Legend for the Nintendo Wii instead. Fortunately a couple people pointed out that it has a different story line and I decided to check it out. I’m assuming that Overlord Dark Legend is the version for younger gamers because it was pretty easy and the whole game was maybe 8 hours long. However, it was pretty fun. They call you an evil overlord in the game but you don’t do really any evil stuff like you could in Overlord. Again, I figure this is because the game is aimed at younger gamers.

The story was pretty good. You play as a 16 year old Overlord who has his birthday and gets his magic abilities. You then go one to defeat your older sibling’s evil plans for the world and rule the realm yourself. As you progress through the game you get more and more abilities and minions to control. However, the most minions you ever get up to is 20. Whereas in Overlord I am pretty sure you got up to 40 or 50. The puzzles in Dark Legend are all very simple. They all wind up being kill person with the key or wheel piece and then use it to unlock the next area.

This game is the first one I’ve played on the Wii where it uses literally every button on the controller. However, the controls were never really confusing. There were just a lot of options available. Most of them I used once or twice but the main controls of moving yourself and the minions are very smooth and simple.

My one big complaint about the game is that the finally was weak. You get your siblings to fight each other and instead of having one final epic battle against both of them the game ends with a very lengthy cut scene of you making them both work to clean your castle. It is really a shame because you work to get all your minions leveled up and all your spells, health, and magic but then you never get to really put them to use.

Overall I had a good time playing Overlord Dark Legend and it got me excited to play Overlord II. It is simple and clean enough for younger gamers, but with enough Overlord style humor for adults to enjoy too.