Overlord is an action role-playing video game set in an alternate world, where the player takes the role of a resurrected warrior known as `The Overlord` who has control over hordes of gremlin-like creatures known as `Minions`. The player must defeat seven corrupt ruling heroes in order to reconquer the lands and establish his lordship over its inhabitants. The game features a corruption feature, similar to that of the Fable games, but allowing the player to `be evil... or really evil`, where certain actions and choices affect different aspects of the story and gameplay. While the Overlord is controlled in a third person perspective, the way minions are controlled brings elements of real-time strategy and upgrades bring those of role-playing games. The game uses dark humour, and is a satirical parody of the traditional fantasy setting and plot