Overlord (series): Difference between revisions

[[File:Overlord.jpg|frame|As you can see, being [[Evil Overlord|Overlord]] to such a band of minions requires a kind and gentle touch.]]

 

 

Once again, it's time to put on your ([[Nice Hat|evil-looking]] and [[Spikes of Villainy|spiky]]) villain-hat... as might be suggested from the name, ''Overlord'' is a series that lets you step into the flower-stomping, minion-kicking, heavily-armored shoes of an [[Evil Overlord]]. With such a premise, it can hardly come as a surprise that the games use or subvert half the entries in the [[Evil Tropes]] index...

 

A [[Overlord (series)/Characters|character sheet]] is under construction and needs entries.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Quite the big one, infact. {{spoiler|It turns out that you were an "eighth hero" that suddenly showed up on the original seven hero's journey to defeat your predecessor, You, the eighth hero, killed your predecssor and gravely injured yourself, The overlord before you hitched a ride in the wizard's body, and serves as the game's final boss}}

* [[Arc Words]]: As per the page quote, ''Evil always finds a way...''

* [[Black Knight]]: In the first game, your armor gets blacker the closer you get to [[Karma Meter|100% corruption]], with [[Spikes of Doom]] sprouting from your skin, you're more a [[Knight in Shining Armor]] at lower corruption levels.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The overlord looks a LOT like Sauron. The similarity varies depending on your choice in helmet and armor, but with the right variations (and the Mace Of Doom, of course) you're basically his Equally Evil Twin.

** The Overlord of the second game carries more than a few passing similarities to [[World of Warcraft|The Lich King]].

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: And how. Mostly, Gnarl carries the card for you (since you are a [[Heroic Mime|Villainous Mime]]) and takes great pleasure in expanding on the 'evilness' of things.

** ...or sacrifice them to regenerate your life.

* [[Zerg Rush]]: Really, there are few situations you can't solve just by employing more minions. For those, [[When All You Have Is a Hammer|you have to find the right way to employ them.]]

 

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