Overlord - Review @ GamingTrend

GamingTrend has kicked up their review of Triumph's Overlord, scoring it at 83% and finding the gameplay a little simple but the humour making up for that:

In the first few hours of the game your missions will be very straightforward and linear.  As you progress, you’ll be given more options and choices.  Will you save the Elves or destroy them?  Do you crush the human village, or keep them as worshipers?  Few choices will have a lasting impact on your gameplay, but you are free to chose which mission to tackle and in which order.  It does mask the linearity of the game to a degree.  Much of the later gameplay involves using the special abilities of your minions to navigate through the linear areas.  The green minions can breathe deadly gas and destroy the source of the toxins, as well as turning invisible for stealth attacks when they sit still for a short while; reds can throw fireballs and walk through fire to take out anything that might burn the rest of your minions.  The browns are your combat mainstays, utilizing any weapons they come across.  The weakest of your minions are your blues – while they are the only minions that can resist magic or raise other minions from the dead, their attack powers are almost nil.  To their credit, they are the only minions that can traverse water – all others drown almost immediately and in the most entertaining fashion.  Your command influence grows throughout the game, but in the beginning you’ll have to juggle and balance having enough combat minions to outweigh your weaker ones.  The puzzles are pretty simple, so the bulk of any difficulty is usually fighting through the enemies in the way to finding the appropriate colored minion dispenser to clear the obstacle before you.