Overlord
Reviewed by Ty Massei
Graphics: 2 out of 10
Sound: 2 out of 10
Gameplay: 1 out of 10
Hardness factor: 6.5 out of 10
Overall: 1.5 out of 10
Graphics: The graphics were really bad. I don't know if this was a port
from any system, but I think it was. The colors are all wrong, the detailing
frankly sucks, and there's almost no originality to the whole game.
Especially the main playing field.
Sound: The music in this game is just as bad as the sound effects are.
There are a few songs in this game, all of them equally annoying. However,
a lot of the game is just vacant of all sounds, except the poorly made
sound effects. The quality is very low.
Gameplay: This game was just bad. If you don't have a manual for it (luckily,
I did) it would be absolutely horrible. Anyway, this game is kind of like a
real time strategy. It's set out in space and you're supposed to build up a
fleet of ships in order to take down the fleet of the enemy. You can buy new
ships, restock them, give them new people.just general boring stuff like
that. This game is very confusing, probably because the interface is so
hard to understand.
Hardness factor: This game was very hard. You can't just go in and play
it, not that you'd want to anyway. Controls are kind of bad too.
Overall: 1.5 out of 10. This game was just bad. I don't know why anyone
would conceive such a game, but I'm surprised this was mass-produced.
Maybe it did well on the Commodore.