I loved this game. Doing a 0% corruption run and being better than the so-called heroes, making the realms safe and prosperous is an amazing thing.

This franchise has been forgotten and its a crime.

Also elf guy was the only hero who wanted to save the overlord and even felt depressed about leaving his friend for dead

as for minons sexuality i always thought that as life force came from the overlord who harvests it, hence minions requirment for a overlord, that they would be reprisentative of there lord, ie straight male then all minions would be straight males, hence why i used to want to see a female overlord just to see the older minions bicker like old married couples from the shock of suddenly there being female minions.

melvin is depicted as obease as its a mortal depiction of glutony not a immortal twisted monster of mytholagy, depicting him as a monster instead of the common old times depiction of wealthy nobels gorged apon ill gotten gains wouldnt fit the story as well as its the mortal sin effecting melvin not him being twiated into a actual immortal monster. as melvin is still human it makes sence to use the mortal depictiona of greed which is excess and glutony, which they did more than well enough.

The 3rd overlord being Gomez to Rose being Morticia is perhaps the best description and best pick for this game.

Interestingly Overlord was written by Rhianna Pratchett of Tomb Raider fame. I don't know how much creative freedom she had here though.

Poor Oberon; guy took a depression nap and got trapped in a nightmare. I also really liked this game, even though I'm pretty sure my first run many years ago was rife with frustration and swearing, especially in the abyss segments. The color, levity, wanton violence, cartoonish approach to "evil" personified by Gnarl, and the story setup all come together to make something memorable. Shame that every time I play it, something in the code apparently breaks. My last playthrough a few years ago had the minion controls partially borked and manually controlling them became REALLY finicky, and seeing what happened with your Jade chase makes me wonder if I'd even be able to finish it again.

I loved this franchise as a kid. I will admit some parts didn't age well, but a reboot could be amazing.

at 15:30 I just want to throw it out there but close by there are is a small group of villagers talking about how they can't get rid of the overgrowth of the forest as cutting, chopping and *even burning* doesn't work

The only thing I will comment is the main listed "writers" for the game is actually one woman. Rhianna Pratchett - yes, related to Terry Pratchett.

The only issue I had with this game was that you had to be 100% Evil in order to get the, "Evil," ending. I did everything you were supposed to, except being unfaithful to Rose, because I wanted to be canonically accurate. So I got the, "Good (Bad?)" ending instead.

So... Pikmin for adults?

I kinda wish Envy was the british museum. Now that'd have been funny.

That tirade on gluttony rich, coming from a pope who probably feasted every day.

Yeah, gluttony as a cardinal sin never sat right with me. The last time I checked, they already HAVE a vice centered around the mindless acquisition of resources at the expense of others…It’s called GREED.

The black guy with the foreign accent (compared to the locals) was probably a traveler who liked the town and decided to set up shop there

Is this...evil Pikmin

I'm pretty sure the whole "elves and dwarfs hate each other" thing isn't even a tolkein thing, like there's distrust but they don't sling slurs at each other like in the movies... Feel like its one of those things that just sort of happened from repeated mis-adaptations and other media that was inspired by it overdoing it, cultural game of telephone

The corruption is the heedless excess all heroes are afflicted by. The hobbits, known for their love of good food, good drink and parties CANNOT be portrayed by gaunt figures because their corrupted trait isn't HUNGER, it is their love of all things fine that turns to GLUTTONEY ai excess eating, and no one get skinny from excess eating. Everyone is being a caricature and your personal hang-ups is simply your own personal gripes, pretty telling by how much you don't even seem recognize the rest. The minions are the perfect power fantasy underlings, they are gleefully obedient, fearlessly loyal, utterly disposable and most importantly, impotent admirers of your prestige. That's why they are in love with the mistresses.

I always got the vibe that when it came to the Overlord and his Mistresses it was like Goku and Chichi, especially abridged Goku and Chichi- iykyk

I honestly disagree with all the criticism of your criticism of Melvin, but i think it would have been received better if you'd given a suggestion of somehow a better way greed could have been implemented.

Man, I loved this when I was young. I loved the freedom of it.

While I agree that, looking back to the 1st (and especially 2nd) Overlord games, there is definitely too much fat-jokes - the Melvin actually makes far more sense as this big fat halfling than sone thin mythological creature you've described in examples. Later in th game, when you confront the Wizard "hero", that was the one who got possessed by the former slain Overlord's spirit and started corrupting the others to indulge in these sins, because "well, they're heroes and deserve it, right?". Melvin is not some kind of magican embodiment of a curse of gluttony. He is just one of the heroes (halfling at that) that got consumed by this sin and indulged in it so much that it made the nearby villagers starve and himself to grow to such proportions that it looks like he'll burst if you kick him too harshly (which he does). I think going for the thin scary mummified creature that is cursed to never feel sated woukd be more horror-esque, instead of sort of comedic (which this game aimed for). Again - there is clearly a pattern of showing conventionally unattractive people in a negative light. But in this exact case - I think they did a good justice to gluttony sin. Maybe they should've not make Melvin into such big proportions that it looks unrealistic even for a big human such as Overlord to grow to that size, but that's it.

When you described Gluttony, I thought about CV: Lords of Shadow. There’s a sequence where Gabriel and Zobek confront a cowardly priest who holed himself in an area with a holy relic, revealed to be Holy Water. Its been a very long while, but I believe the two admonish the priest for his actions and how his covetous ways led to the villagers suffering from the predations of vampires and undead. Upon taking the vial, the priest attempts to take it back only for the two effectively ignore him. When they leave, it’s revealed that there are vampires in the room and the cowardly priest’s fate is sealed. What sticks out to me about this is your description of the famine type spirits and horrors being emaciated and gaunt, something that is shared with the priest. Granted, I could easily be reading too deeply into a game I haven’t played within years, but that scene really did stick out.

the Wizard wasn't their father, the Overlord was. That's why they work for him. otherwise, good video! im really enjoying this channel so far

That bit about how the mc is considered evil for fixing things instead of maintaining the status quo sounds like the anthesis of the dragons dogma anime. I wish that wasn't the first thing that came to mind but whatever

I think it is funny that your solution to "fatphobia" is to go in the opposite direction and make fun of skinny people when, as you pointed out - it is no less common a trope. The reason skinny people get represented as gluttonous is because they are *starving*. How is that any less "problematic"? I'd say it is more-so. (Rose probably knows loosely where her sister is and what she is up to, siblings are often good at guessing eachother's minds.) Also the point of Heaven's Peak is that William has become so debaucherous that mortal pleasures can't satisfy him anymore. That's the point of all the heroes - they were goaded into something seemingly innocuous until it consumed them. Kind of how corruption happens irl. No one wakes up and says "I feel like making the world worse" they go down a path they think is mostly harmless until they get in over their heads. The dark lord has a mistress, this will paint a very bad light of the evil overlord of sin and slaughter - how ever will his PR ever recover? I like how even when there is a boss that is almost aimed at making you feel good for putting him down, you still find a reason to complain. Your complaint about a minority getting a role as villain's is so... I don't know where to start. If they had been ANY of the 7 sins you would have found a reason to complain on this front. I get that you say that you "like this game". If this is your "like" I'd hate to see you "hate" or even "dislike" something. You probably think that is unfair but most of the video is you complaining or taking pot-shots. This comment probably sounds pretty confrontational, sadly I can't think of a better way to express my thoughts on the matter. Hope you have a nice day.

38:02 Honestly with the writers they had it's probably better they didn't try to portray the creepy little dudes as gay lol 😅

... I would assume the difference between the spells probably has something to do with the Mother Goddess, whose good and her forgotten ex-husband who's bad. I wonder if the developers played dragonlance, the elven hero's nightmare is very much like a similar thing that happens in it. An elven king gets corrupted by a powerful mystical artifact that makes his nightmares into reality and an evil dragon that whispers into his ear.

Gay minions would be so much funnier than attracted to women minions, especially if it was revealed abruptly. I feel gachimuchi potential there.

This game will always be the best and my favorite in my eyes. An underrated gem for sure

Playing overlord 2 rn as listening to this

Spoilers I thought you were hero who fell to pride during original boss fight and other heros fell to there own sins after there was no fights left

Oh boy! pikmin D&D edition.

this game kinda has Pikmin vibes

Overlord 1 & 2 are great games wish we got new ones.

A part of my brain remembers that there was a way (with a lot of gold) to "romance" both mistresses in the first overlord. But that may be just my plastic memory. Never did play the Raising Hell expansion because I didn't have infinite money back then and I only bought the base game. That physical disc could still be around somewhere.

For me, when I played the first game, I was a tad annoyed that I don't get the full evil look until the very end and on the way to the final boss.

I am dumb, what is the symbolism behind the banners of the horny paladin?

Fallout 76 does a great job at portraying wendigo. Skeletal, stooped stature, distended belly, a terrible scream. Horrorifying too be sure. They lighten the horror by providing screws as loot. ... Because their screws are loose...

Man I was in love with this game growing up, enjoyed the crude and crass humor. Really wish they did more in the series, wonder what a 3rd Overlord game could be

even since i was a little lad I have been infected by this franchise, spawning a decade long special interest. I think about this game literally every day, the good and the bad heh. I am a bit sleep deprived as I am writing this but its amazing to hear someone review the game and acknowelege all the sexism, fatphobia and racism in it (as much as I love people liking it, this makes me feel less alone in noticing the bigotry), so thank you! I think it would be great to have these characters being expanded upon beyond their stereotypes and tropes(example velvet and rose, i love exploring sibling dynamics but the developers fucked it up by making their values based on purity culture blehh). Oh seeing this just made my day ahhh!!!!!!!!And in a video essay format too...Ough my heart.

Damn now I feel dumb I made a comment and deleted it because I didn't want yet another argument in my notifications but all I had was a nice reply from the creator. (saw it afterwards in notifications) Maybe I should be less cynical lmao. Anyway great vid.

Just be glad this game wasn't made during Kanye's villain arc

I remember my older brother getting this game on a road trip and the during the drive I always read the back of it. He later give it to me as I always play it. I later got part Two(which i enjoy) The things that got me to love this games is the soundtrack(the combats ones) and the minions. I wish we get a remake for these games or a part three.

Liked this video so much I'm watching it a second time, lol. I should probably just get around to playing the game again.

I'm glad you're finding your way in other content now. Even if you don't go back to making WoW videos, I just want to let you know your videos inspired me to give my own try at giving the TBC story a go through an RPG campaign I decided to start soon.

Enjoyed this game when I was like 13, I was basicly exactly the audience you described. Unfortunately never got past the zombie infested sewers. Kept farming up browns and blues and trying to make it work, no cigar. I was good except I kept farming the village and terrorizing the hell out of it. So not really very good. Thanks for the vid! Never bothered to beat this game, don't think I ever will but this one was fun to watch. Hope to see more! Been watching a couple of your old WoW vids and I enjoyed those but I'm pleased to see you moving forward with this kind of content, I love coverage of these kind of older games.

On the point of the Mistress bit, doesnt the title make more sense since you are playing as THE OVERLORD. As in no one is equal to you. Also it overall looks like the 'heroes' you fight initially indulged in something and simply got worse from corruption. Theres nothing wrong with enjoying food if Tolkien's Hobbits are anything to go off but Melvin looks like what happens is you let it get the extremities. The Elf guy in the forrest sat down for nap and something probably clung onto him in order to leech off of him. Thats looks like why he hasnt been able to wake up, something or corruption of sorts.

Was angry black man a trope ?………..I guess it kinda was huh

Nice to vicariously experience these older games without suffering myself. Much as i love your wow stuff this is a nice breakaway from that and quite interesting seeing older games through a modern lense and seeing how well they have aged....plus this was fking funny to watch you were on fire with the memes in this without it being overbearing. Thank you for sharing

I remember buying this as a young lad and thinking the game was broken on the "lovk on" fireball segment. When i got a second copy i realised thr problem xD

I wanted to rewatch this video but I didn’t remember what the game was called, or what your channel was called so I just scrolled through all of the channels I’ve subscribed to just to watch this again.. put simply this video is great

Oh man please please please play Overlord: dark legend!! It’s by far the best of the Overlord games :)

Glad to see you cover this, this alongside Warcraft 3 ignited my love of video games and i still love it despite all the jank

You cannot cancel a game that’s been out for close to 17 years. Just saying.

I love that you love this game I'm a diehard fan I know it's your opinion about Melvin (as that's as far as I'm at rn I'll reply to each one in case you care about my opinion) I think since it was an old fantasy game greed would be most associated to the British history as king Henry the (fat one) and since spree is mocking britannia with the teeth of the farmers as well it makes sense why gluttony represents a king that's big just like king Henry anyway good video so far just my different takes oki!!!

ngl, Wrath wasn't what came to mind when you mentioned a Succubus

8:50 Oh, that's why the british eat like that.

If something is starving it's not gluttonous then it's eating for survival AKA necessity

36:27 God I wish that was me

This was a great game i bought both mainline games and loved being a villian

I used to absolutley love these games, I think I first had the one for Nintendo Wii of all things.

Interesting one. Not sure if I would try it out, given that I'm more of a Dungeon Keeper (loving games, that allow me not only to build up a dungeon, but further to customize it and the inhabiting minions

if possible you should also review overlord: dark legend, i think it's a wii exclusive so you might have to emulate it

Great game, to bad Overlord 2 wasn’t quite as nice.

I loved this game back in the day!

I love the humour of this game, there is no other game like this except others in the series… no there was no overlord game after overlord 2. This game should be remastered with bigger hoards and better graphics for funsies. Two things you didn’t mention was the arena area and the forge where you can fight hoards of enemies and enchant your armour by sacrificing your minions.

I remember long ago someone told me this game is just "fables but with pikmin mechanics" and I can see the resemblance between the two. Except that at least in Fables, you can be a boy kissing boys

you have wonderful tastes and overlord is by far one of my favorite things if all time.not just games but overall i long for the day when more things like this exist.

So... You're wrong about the halfling and his depiction. All the myths you cited are not about gluttony or even sin. They are at their heart creatures borne of starvation and the bad karma, vibes, or juju associated with the act of dying in the anguish of hunger. The Wendigo in particular holds and interesting place here because it plays to the darkness of succumbing to feral hunger and committing cannibalism, which was an extreme taboo in many of the Native American cultures and points to a dark time in our people's communal history. By contrast, the Sin of Gluttony is about taking too much and the bad energy associated with that, the natural consequence of which is what is depicted. Turning into a fat disgusting blob that doesn't fit into normal sized clothed and always demands more. Gluttony isn't about unsatisfied hunger. It's about satisfying that hunger and then wanting more. It's about excess and excess is not thin and emaciated. It's not about starvation or famine by twist of fate. It is about the choice to be a fat grubbing hedonist about food. That's why in more modern interpretations stuff like the "The food can't taste good" is ignored, because you don't have to contact a witch or go on crusade for spices any more, but the temtation to always grab for the next plate is always there. I am not going to unpack the rest of this video's suitcase other than by saying two things. 1. Not everything is race. 2. Play woke games win woke prizes.

Had to pull up to the atic for this one i always wondered who else enjoyed this game🤝🤷‍♂️

36:28 But why are you saying that? Is that what a good husband does for you? Just feels off to say “He’s actually a pretty loyal husband, Must take it in the butt.”

I appreciate the well formated and edited review -- clearly there was some effort behind this video. And I like that this game is still getting some attention after all thsese years. However criticising Melvin for being portrayed as this massive vile ball of fat and then going on what feels like a 5 minute tangent complaining why the devs didn't go for some more deeper, naunced theological or mythological inspirations for the potryal of gluttony strikes me as highly pretentious. I'm sure you and anyone whos played or even seen Overlord gameplay can tell that the game is suposed to be very on the nose with the way it shows evil and ect. It's much like Fable in that sense. Melvins portrayal is not fatphobic in any way at all, and as I kid I saw clearly that this was a very on the nose representation of his greed and consumption of resources at the expense of others. If it were perhaps a more serious game I'd perhaps agree -- but even then this more physical potrayal is used in seminal pieces of literature like Dune, where the Baron Harkonnen is shown to be a fat man who needs suspensors to carry him -- however Herbet doesn't stop there, he goes further to show how ultimately the Baron is cold, calculating and ultimately incredibly greedy. Tbh I don't even agree with this concept of fatphobia to begin with -- at least not the way you seem to understand it. Its not a good thing to fat at all (much like the game portrays) as it is GENERALLY reflective of one's character, however I think any normal person with an iota of kindness within them knows that berating someone over fatness is unjust and plain rude -- someone's fatness can be due to things like disease, genetic conditions or even a mental illness -- Melvin however has none of these things hence doesn't deseverve that sympathy. I also don't entirely agree with the Wrath and Jewel cristism either. Honestly, as a kid I never saw this as problematic -- I just saw them as evil characters rsther than some stayement that the game was trying to make about black people. Heck, If were to look into it deeper from a racial perspective like you did, swapping the race of both of them with white people could be just as "problematic". Given your accent I'm assuming you're likewise a denizen of this rainy nation of tea and crumpets, so unless you grew up in a very isolated community you'll probably be aware of the stereotypes Polish people get -- i.e being thieves, domestic abusers and criminals in general. Heck, if you made Jewel and Wrath any type of Asian or Arab, there's also a stereotype of domestic violence and for those ethnicities as well. My point is, unless there's irrefutable proof that the devs are racist A-holes, then I doubt it's as deep as you think it is.

I like a full evil run and oddly a no corruption run is also fun normally its one or the other with games i think besides kotr and bio shock this was one of the few games i played and was like.”now i want to try the other path.” 27:37

34:52 is a feeling of pain

Never played this game growing up but tonally it reminds me a lot of Destroy all Humans if it was fantasy instead of sci-fi... and if its plot was not centered around the protagonist's penis or lack thereof lmao

The racism of the "Huge violent black man" completely went over my head when I played it because I was too busy giggling at the Star Trek reference in his name. Ooof.

Great video!!

Oh, Overlord's definitely getting pegged! I like this. Thank you

Is it just me or she sound like Diana from Hitman Games

Pegging isnt real

I lied only to you

Oh yes, the edgy, immature minion managing game that is legally distinct from Pikmin! Curious how it was considered a genre back then. Kind of miss the days where devs just straight copped a concept or mechanic... not that they don't now, but it's all so smoothed over and marketable now that many have a whole other kind of low quality to 'em!

What rubs me the wrong way is how the message is that the "heroes" have been corrupted and now exhibit the 7 carnal sins and the game is diverse in that they have two black characters that are the heroes and you keep complaining that they are following the sin archetype that they have as if black people are somehow saints and can't express any of the 7 carnal sins. It feels to me that the one with the issue is not so much the game but rather it's projection.

Basically, you're evil no matter what, but you get to pick your flavour of evil. Dominating Lawful Evil (Darth Vadar); Or Psychopathic Chaotic Evil (Lord Voldemort). The Overlord games are pretty much the only games I've ever played that give you multiple types of evil paths to choose from outside of well made CRPGs (like Pathfinder WotR - Another game which gives you options for being Evil). With that said, get over the fat stuff already... being fat is a genuine health risk which will lead to Diabetes, Liver Damage, Kidney Damage, Circulatory Complications and Heart Disease. Statistics show that people who are overweight die young, at around the ages of 35 to 55 on Average. It is never acceptable or should be acceptable to harass people, abuse people or humiliate people for being overweight, but defending it and supporting their "right" to be overweight is equally damaging. We live in a society which thinks it is ok to criticize smoking now because of the health risks, wouldn't you consider it hypocritical to do that while also defending being overweight? Yeah, dwell on that can of logic for a while buddy. For all the "dated offensive humour" in this game, least they didn't include the overweight washed up hero with mouth breathing, gasping for air because their Heart is struggling. Which is something which every single person who is severely overweight has in common. Oh wait it didn't, you know why? Because in 2007 that would of been considered actually offensive, instead this game is about humour; So chill, thanks.

That depiction of Gluttony as a fat person and Lust as a sexy woman made me realise how so many depictions of the Seven Sins just seems to get it wrong, Lust most of all. When someone depicts Lust as a sexy half-naked lady, they're really telling on themselves. That's not a personification of lust, it's an objectification of lust. A woman simply being attractive or sexy doesn't necessarily mean she is lustful. You can be sexy and asexual (like Yasmin Benoit, asexual rights advocate) or lustful and ugly (you're typical [insert online demographic you want to mock] user). When most people depict Lust, they just design someone they lust after, rather than someone who is lustful. They seem to get this with Pride, as it's a person whos prideful, or with Envy, as it's a person who is envious, but when it comes to Lust, it's often someone the audience (aka the straight male gaze) lusts after. Sometimes, she doesn't even lean into it or seems to have no sexual desire at all, just using her looks to take advantage of people, which not what lustful people do. I think a good depiction of Lust would probably be a hypersexual pansexual person (typically a man, but it could be a woman too) who is just overcome with desire at all times, someone who can't talk to another person without imaging having sex with them, who can't fathom someone's life not revolving around sex, who is always pleasuring themselves and is always letting their sexual desires drive their motives and actions, so much so that they are wasting away, rotting even, not looking after themselves at all, distinctly not sexy, because they are only seeking to attain instant pleasure but are not willing to put the work into earning it. On top of that, it can be easy to make this personification also be a sex criminal, and although that may fit with the previously described personality, I think it can also be lazy and too dark to be fully interesting, especially if you consider sex crimes to be about power and control rather than about lust or desire. I think it would be more interesting to have them creepy but not cruel, someone who is not coercive or controlling but is still leering and opportunistic without sliding right into physical assault. It would be interesting to see a semi-polite interpretation of Lust, who makes people uncomfortable but doesn't want to, who can be easily manipulated with sights alone (from obvious male-gazey sexual imagery to even just some muscle, some ankle, or a kind smile) but is also unreliable as they can be swayed another way with just another pleasurable sight. You don't even need to make it overtly sexual, as just being polite to this creature would lead them to feel pleasure, to fantasize over you, to desire you. And having them be pansexual and not just representative of the male gaze opens up a lot more opportunities for them to be lustful, as just watching someone cooking could drive them wild, or watching a man paint, or watching a woman read, you can never predict what their exact tastes are, and there's room to explore there. Lust should be driven by their sin to the point that it is, for them, almost always a weakness, showing why it is a deadly sin. Just a kind of pathetic character that has room for the audience to empathize with, especially if their nature as one of the Seven Sins is basically a curse that plagues them. I just think that is infinitely more interesting, compelling, and useful in a narrative than just Sexy Lamp.

“Sky daddy” man you got some religious trauma don’t you. Edit: I removed my dislike because yeah that mother goddess depiction was just actually racist

Wow what a cool video! Sure hope the comments aren’t “antiwoke” freaks or anything!

I kinda wanted to watch this, as Overlord as a game is woefully under the radar and in my opinion isn't getting the coverage it deserves. But when I saw "fatphobia" in the content warning I just left this comment and the video. Screw that noise. Screw content warnings and screw the weaklings who demand them.

…is it bad that I kinda just want this premise but it’s about a trans egg getting cracked (being actually evil not required, of course) Somehow, I just think that would be the perfect isekai anime/video game… (With updated humor of course)

Holy shit this just unlocked a core memory

This game is like a light hearted Undead Knights!

You wish somebody would pick up the money behind it and make a really really awesome one like huge mat but same cartoon characters

9:40 where do i get this picture?