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demi

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Overlord (X360) = Pikmin (X360)
« on: June 08, 2007, 12:45:42 PM »
 :D :D :D :D :D :D

OMG I am buying this.

* there is a demo out that's why i made this topic
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Re: Overlord (X360) = Pikmin (X360)
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2007, 01:15:39 PM »
This may be the only game prior to Mass Effect that I buy.
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Re: Overlord (X360) = Pikmin (X360)
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2007, 11:54:59 PM »
Played the PC demo, my impressions were the following:

+) Decent graphics with at least 8X AF turned on, really helps clean up the sometimes uneven texturing. Nicely animated world, very vibrant and colorful without being drowned in a sea of pastel colored, Miyamoto-gone-wild senility. As with all decent 360 ports, nice use of shaders. No real graphics configuration features outside of low/medium/high and resolution, but that's not a big deal.
+) Amusing, Dungeon-Keeper like "so good to be so evil" vibe delivered properly. Minions do funny things, burning halflings alive is entertaining too.
+) Mouse and keyboard controls seem fine and work well. 360 gamepad works just fine with zero need for configuration.

-) Demo level design was very linear and claustrophobic.
-) Core game play seems to be extremely brain dead and simple-move around, send demons at stuff, stuff gets done, you get reward. Before anyone complains about too much reductionism in that description, it really is all that is there. Too much ripping off of Pikmin (console faggotry) and not enough of the game they should have taken ideas from (Shiny's Sacrifice).

Maybe the full retail of the game has more depth than that, but I'll wait to read a review from someone I can trust (read: a veteran PC reviewer and not some fanboy on XBOXAchievmentPower.com or some shit) to see if they rail on the game's over simplicity or if my taken is just the artifact of Codemasters' poor choice of a demo level that doesn't show off the gameplay well.
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Re: Overlord (X360) = Pikmin (X360)
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2007, 12:17:22 AM »
The demo level is supposed to be a tutorial level (obviously), the one with Mellow Hills?
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« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2007, 12:24:42 AM »
 :lol @ "XboxAchievmentPower.com"
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« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2007, 12:42:18 AM »
The demo level is supposed to be a tutorial level (obviously), the one with Mellow Hills?

Yeah, that's the one. It's sort of a good demo level and a bad one-good because someone who might not immediately "get" the concepts will have no problem staying on track and handling the objectives, bad because anyone who does see how the pieces of the game are supposed to fit together (and it's not rocket science) will find it really shallow won't have their wits or reflexes tested to complete it.
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Re: Overlord (X360) = Pikmin (X360)
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2007, 12:44:27 AM »
you really hate consoles.

demi

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« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2007, 12:47:51 AM »
Well that one guy on GAF said he played a lot into it (review build?) and that the tutorial was just scraping the surface of what the game provides. I think the game will be very easy to get into, and not hair-ripping difficult, plus the charm and all that works in its favor.

and OMG pikmin
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« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2007, 12:52:15 AM »
you really hate consoles.

I don't mind the notion of consoles-heck, my PC is basically a glorified gaming machine that does little more than a pro PS3 user would do with their machine.

I just don't like most of the game designs. Also, I was hoping for a bit more sophistication given that Triumph Studios' Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic is probably the best fantasy turn-based strategy game for the PC in the modern, not-Master-of-Magic, era.
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Re: Overlord (X360) = Pikmin (X360)
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2007, 12:58:14 AM »
yeah the game's weird and I hope it has some actual gameplay to it.

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Re: Overlord (X360) = Pikmin (X360)
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2007, 01:45:28 AM »
PC demo had some stupid loading, plus having to exit the game entirely to change graphics or control settings is stupid. Why do so many console to PC ports do this?

I'll probably give it a rent on 360, I need to try the 360 demo and see if the controls are workable.
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