Overlord: Minions
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| Developer(s) | Climax Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Codemasters |
| Series | Overlord |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo DS |
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| Genre(s) | Puzzle action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 60.82% |
| Metacritic | 58/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | D+ |
| Destructoid | 7/10 |
| GamePro |    |
| GameSpot | 4.5/10 |
| GamesRadar | 55% |
| GameZone | 6/10 |
| IGN | 6.1/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 7/10 |
| Nintendo World Report | 7/10 |
| ONM | 51% |
Overlord: Minions is a 2009 puzzle action video game developed by Climax Studios and published by Codemasters for the Nintendo DS. It was announced August 14, 2008 alongside addition franchise expansions Overlord II and Overlord: Dark Legend.
It features the minions from the 2007 Overlord video game as the primary protagonists, tasked with the mission to solve puzzles and fight enemies. They are controlled by the DS stylus. There are also items to find in the levels and a timer of how fast the player in finish. The minions can be controlled directly by the player, unlike the original game where the player controlled them by controlling an eponymous Overlord-character. Controlling the Special Forces team of four, players negotiate fiendish levels and take on a huge range of warped enemies to hunt down the Kindred, a cult dedicated to resurrecting the mighty Dragon Kin, a race of humanoid dragon hybrids, determined to replace the Overlord's despotism with their own.
There are only four minions from four types, which makes all of them specialized in skills, for example Giblet, a brown minion from the first Overlord game, is the strongest in melee combat, Blaze is a wild pyromaniac, which grants him the ability to sling fireballs, Stench is the most stealthy of the bunch, and Zap can swim/heal.
Giblet, Blaze, Stench, and Zap serve as Overlord Gromgard's elite Minion squad. Due to their specialized training and independence, they are sent to eliminate any outside opposition to their Overlord's reign.
Their first mission is to deal with mysterious fungus growth in the neighboring Withering Woods. As they fight through the woods, they find that the fungal ooze is not only infecting plants, but the Overlord's Human subjects as well. They finally discover the contamination: a sentient fungus, Globulous. After Globulous is killed, the minions are sent to enter the massive pipes which fed the fungus.
The sewer pipes lead to the Halfling town, Briarthorn Burrows. The squad discovers that the threat to their Master's dominion is the mysterious Kindred cult. The cult desires to bring back the extinct Dragon-Kin, an extinct Human-Dragon race. After tearing through Briarthorn Burrows, the Minions confronts Grub, the Halfling, Kindred lieutenant. The monstrous halfling was easily dispatched by the squad.
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