Underworld Overseer Assessment: It's Good To Be The Darkish Lord

Underworld Overseer from Myron Video games wears its inspiration on its sleeve, however is that this tribute to the Dungeon Keeper video games of outdated price your time?

For many people, there have doubtless been days once we’ve wished to turn out to be an evil overlord, establishing a dungeon base far-off from everybody with devoted minions catering to your each want. The one factor to spoil it might be these pesky adventurers barging in in search of loot. That is the fantasy that Underworld Overseer helps you to fulfill.

Although clearly impressed by Bullfrog’s traditional Dungeon Keeper, Myron Video games have drawn on their expertise with god simulator Deisim, mixing in real-time technique components to create a compelling VR expertise.

You assume the position of a strong Overseer who must broaden, shield, and handle an underground lair. Serving to you’re a small military of minions, in addition to fiendish traps and even mighty magic spells. Nevertheless, there are different logistical components to think about past heading off waves of heroes, which elevates this sport far above your normal tower protection sport.

The tutorial stage serves as an important introduction, and it helps that the easy controls are moderately intuitive. The grip button modifications place, left analog stick handles locomotion and the precise analog stick snap-turns the digicam. A pop-up menu lets you choose which possibility you need by pushing the digital button, which is sort of satisfying.

Creating some rooms utilizing the mining instrument is the very first thing to do, achieved by clicking and dragging throughout the areas you need your minions to dig out. Various kinds of rooms embody fundamental ‘Work Rooms’ which turn out to be populated with the suitable kind of minion, reminiscent of a Mage Cultist in libraries, or the Warrior within the coaching room. ‘Utility Rooms’ present much less thrilling however extra useful functions, reminiscent of farms for rising meals to feed your minion military, or work rooms for them to bunk down after an extended day of minioning.

This vary of choices is what drives a lot of the strategic components. Various kinds of Heroes will come loudly knocking at your door, and these are available a spread of types. Ensuring you’ve got a wide range of tactical choices within the type of magic or melee-focussed minions, and that these minions are fed and rested is the important thing to success.

In fact, minions aren’t your solely instrument to maintain pesky heroes away. Progressing unlocks a enjoyable vary of traps, like spike traps that ship adventurers to a sharp doom. Later ranges allow you to entry superior magical spells like Fireball and Chain Lightning, that are nice enjoyable however price a good quantity of Mana and that takes time to regenerate. So, it is best to choose the right second to unleash hell.

There’s an possibility to bolster partitions in newly excavated areas, however that is actually a waste of time. Attackers will usually minimize by your partitions like tender cheese, bolstered or not. It is higher to place your minions to work on extra helpful duties.

The artwork fashion is cel-shaded, which provides it one thing of a ‘Saturday morning cartoon’ really feel to it. This may really feel barely incongruous when you’re meant to be in a deep dungeon, but every thing round you is colourful and brightly lit. That admittedly makes it simpler to see what you’re doing, although a number of extra shadows may add to the final atmosphere. Nonetheless, the crisp graphics are sharp and there are nice designs for each the minions and the surroundings.

It is considerably disappointing that there is not a lot in the best way of story or narrative. You’ve got the preliminary set-up of the evil overlord in your underground lair being attacked by heroes, however that’s all. This ends in equally bare-bones goals for every stage. All it is advisable do is destroy a wave of attackers, shore up your defenses, and watch for the subsequent wave to spawn. Some tactical puzzles or variations in goals can be a welcome addition.

This might even tie right into a story if this have been added. Traditionally, RTS video games like Dune: Battle of Arrakis and Starcraft did a superb job of mixing story with gameplay by tying the goals to the story. I’m wondering if good outcomes could possibly be gained from this sport, or maybe a sequel, doing the identical.

There’s one peculiarity of the sport that nagged at me. The knowledge on the general state of your dungeon is inexplicably displayed above your head. Seeing this requires awkwardly cranking your neck up, which might turn out to be someplace between uncomfortable and even painful. Altering this to be extra simply seen can be a constructive change.

Underworld Overseer – Ultimate Verdict

Should you loved the Dungeon Keeper collection again within the day, you’ll completely get a kick out of this VR homage. Although it has its faults within the lack of story and will use extra assorted goals, Underworld Overseer is a strong and extremely polished sport with a large amount of content material to maintain gamers engaged. Glorious audio and visible design makes this nice on the eyes and ears.

If you wish to faux to be an evil overlord for some time, then Underworld Overseer is precisely what you’re in search of.

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