Christ, the Wii games are flowing in now, this seriously looks like the Wii is going to get some decent third party games now.

With the orginal Overlord I have to say I was disappointed, the style of the game in previews reminded me of a childhood favourite, Dungeon Keeper, a classic RTS which I will do a Retro review of one day. However, instead Overlord 1 was basically an evil Pikmin game, with players controlling the Overlord himself, who in turn controls his evil goblin minions, seperated into four groups, each with their own unique ability. I played the game on the PC and the controls didnt flow right, it was too awkward to control and I often found combat to be easier by using the Overlord rather than the minion horde, as it was supposed to play out. That said Im hoping that Overlord 2 (Coming to PC, PS3 and XBOX 360) & Overlord Dark Legend will fix all of these issues, and at the end result make a really good game out of it. The Wii control scheme would work wonders for the unorthadox method of attack used in Overlord, solving the major problem I had with the game.

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So all in all I think 2009 might be a good year for the Wii, it may not have any stellar gaming titles coming to it like the 360 and PS3, but its starting to pick up ground and hopefully the success of these games will lead more games developers to start investing in the console.

Tom

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