Ren'Py - Completed - Overlord H [R48] [Winterfire]

I love that the dev was so focused on following the LN. Now you may be asking me, "why the bad rating?"
Because the game lacks in many places:

SANDBOX

The unnecessary need to make it a sandbox, the map is really awkward to use, there are a lot of locations but most of the time they have only one event available or even none. Nazarick and even the world map feel empty.
For some reason the dev added a message when an event is available in some room in Nazarick, but there are other events that don’t show that message, so you will miss them if you don’t go and explore every single room to see if there is an event. The same happens with the world map, so you have to take into account that you have to travel like 30 times to check if you missed something: go into a kingdom, then to a location inside that kingdom, leave that location, and then go into another location inside the same kingdom, and repeat until you’ve gone inside every place there. Then leave that kingdom, go inside another kingdom or Nazarick, and repeat the process until you’ve checked every room. I did that all the time and I still feel like I missed some events, because the game is made in the worst way possible, if you aren’t following a walkthrough you will miss something just because it is hidden in some place or behind a timed moment. If you didn’t activate the event when it was meant to trigger, you won’t be able to get it anymore.

STORY

It feels like a copy-paste from the LN, almost all the story is based on that, this happened in the novel, well, it will happen here just like that. The dev wasted the chance to make a great story, adding more interactions with the NPCs, go deeper with the romantic relationships, not making them be only driven by sex, but NOOOO, you dont have a deep bond with the characters, there are a few of meaninful conversations but thats it.
There are moment in the LN when the time is skipped for months or a year, here happens that, instead of doing that, the dev could have added events so you could feel that there is a bond with the characters, not that they only love him because they idolize him. There are a lot of wasted opportunities.

SEX

The lack of sex scenes: the game is really focused on the story, and that is not a bad thing, I like that, but the amount of sex compared to the amount of text shows that it is lacking. Sometimes you could spend hours without fucking anyone and suddenly you fuck 3 of your wives one after the other. The sex scenes are scarce, and when they happen, they all happen at the same time.

CHANGE OF GENDER

I don’t understand why the dev thought that changing the gender of some characters was needed, especially when some characters are killed in the original story. I think it was unnecessary, especially when there are a lot of actual female characters that are almost not used or not used at all during the game.

LOCKED ROMANCES

Why would the dev lock the romances? It feels dumb. It is supposed to be a harem game, but in the first part if you choose a wife, you are locked out from having another woman or fucking anyone else, just because. So aside from the content you could miss because the game does not notify you when there are new events, the game makes you miss even more content by locking you out of marrying or fucking other girls. And it feels even more stupid because later, when you can finally marry other women, for no reason the MC can marry like 3 at the same time. Why?? It is never explained in any way how he goes from being a monogamous guy to being a polygamous fuckboy without reason, it just happens.

Final thoughts:
The game is meant to be played multiple times to see all the differents outcomes but Im most interested in delete the game than keep playing it. I played for hours trying to get all the events i could and I feel tired, the mechanics are so bad that i feel that i was working more than playing a VN for fun.
I couldn't even finish it once.

It was great! Great for a story focused novel that is, as a porn fap material it might be suitable for some, but there aren't a ton of content and the models / diversity of the scenes are not that good. Its simply "ok".
If anything it had a lot more potential that went into a bigger story instead. which isnt bad, I enjoyed the story for days, probably had something to do with me being a very big fun of overlord.

But speaking of overlord - the author, while making some mistakes in adaptation of the LN. managed to create an interesting fanfic. It was very enjoyable, and the only flaw - the reason for 4/5 stars, is its rushed and sudden ending. First there was "First Turning Point" near the end, answering a lot of questions, but then immediately after is "The Second Turning Point" , where it all ends. I don't quiet agree on the ending, it feels very out of character for Ainz to hesitate at the end as he did.
But eh, in the end it was satisfying, if not a bit wasteful at the end. I really appreciated the wandering inn appearance as well.

In the end I recommend the game to any fan of overlord. Despite some mistakes in grammar here and there its an enjoyable read, but again, less so of a fapping material in my opinion. Still mad respects to the dev. A sequel would be lovely...

And yes, I am a big fan of mushoku tensei, can't help my self...

Usually when people write fanfic, they usually bad self-insert or make a cringey ship or bad story

This one is not one of them. You can say this is one hella of what if story until the end of overlord novel series. You wanna stay to canon? You can do that. You wanna stay bitchless forever, you can do that too.

This is also where Momonga instead of see his subordinate as his leftover teammates's creations, he instead treat them like like people who will stay with until the end instead of train them like mother bird before "vanishing away"

It also create an alternative what if you spare x lead to this y occur which also make sense. And this can effect entire gameplay. Small detail later become big spark. Like you spare clementine? Shaltear never go out espionage for information hence no brainwashed and no resources loss due to you mind reading clementine later. So Slane provoke a dragon to create mess in E-rantel instead.

You also can make babies with almost everyone and you get to see them kids actually helping bone daddy do stuff in his conquest of unification.

What I don't like is the restriction that somehow bind you to one girl and make you miss out some dialogue or options that could help you in longer run.

I didn't see many of Overlord games like that so it's simply (for me) the best one.
Good amount of h-scenes. Story/writing is okay/good.
Maybe it's the fact that i love Overlord anime, but this game it 5/5 for me.

I already feel bad for writing this review for a number of reason. First, I barely played any of the game. Literally only about ten minutes of it, so if someone were to argue that I didn't give it a fair shake, that's a reasonable criticism. Second, I'm a big fan of Overlord. While I haven't read the light novels, I have seen all four seasons of the anime and am working my way through the 70ish chapters of the manga. Third, most of the reviews are pretty positive and my one star review may hurt their rating. That's not to say I don't believe the game deserves it, but still...

So what criticisms could I possibly present after only playing 10 minutes of the game that would justify such a terrible score? That's simple: The writing. I don't know if the author is not a native English speaker or not, but both the spelling and grammar are atrocious, and since this is a story-focused game, those two attributes are paramount. Nearly every single line of dialogue was noticeably flawed. Grammar choices were awkward or incorrect, spelling was a mess, and even the sentence forms were off.

The music was fine and the renders were not particularly high quality but not too distracting, but none of that matters when something as important as the writing is this bad. This could easily be a 3 or 4 star game if the author were to hire an English major, or even just someone who speaks English and graduated high school, to spend a few weeks cleaning up the dialogue. Simply running it through a Spelling/Grammar filter would solve most of the problems I suspect.

After this review I'll be revisiting the game and scrolling through a few more scenes to see if the dialogue improves. If it does, I'll be back to update the review, but the first impression is a decidedly negative one.

The most important thing to know before you play this game is IF YOU CARE ABOUT SHALTEAR WHATSOEVER, KILL CLEMINTINE. Its a bit more complicated, but this decision is way more important than it really should be and you WILL go back if Shaltear is one of your preferred characters.

This game had so much potential that I think was mostly squandered due to some poor core game mechanics. It is incredibly easy to permanently miss out on content and there isnt much sex/interaction to begin with for how long the game is.

The map is cool but feels empty and there is way too much traveling. Overall, the game has a great story, but is not a good porn game. The dev really did a great job adapting the LN but struggled a bit with making the game enjoyable to the player with more basic quality of life features we see in most porn games nowadays. It's a shame because this game could have been awesome with different priorities.

Great experience, don't expect anything too great since it is a Koikatsu game but relative to others of its kind? This game is top-tier. The dev actually reads the LN and put in effort into the writing rather than just taking characters and shoving them into H-scenes. The music is the usual VN music you'd hear from indie devs, nothing too special, but there was at least a few original tracks in there.

My main complaint would be at the events, to get some scenes, you'll have to regularly consult the walkthrough or constantly comb through a map that's less than fun to constantly click through. As well as some routes being locked very early on in the game, and even with skipping it'd take half an hour to get through the end portion. The locations are mediocre, but accurate, which is better than being pretty for LN Readers. Model quality is a problem for most Koikatsu games, and this one has it too but not to a horrible degree. The outfits are amazing and some of the characters look great, but then we have Sebas and some minor issues with Demiurge. I recommend 2D Sprites for the non-animated dialogue, similar to what you used for Albedo's armored sprite.

Tl;dr

Worth the hours you put into it, a little bit tedious to collect everything, a great game for porn game and Overlord fans.

I really like this game. I don't know if this game is actually good, but I love the overlord series so much that this game is great, most of the characters look very close to the anime, well maybe except for Sebas, he looks like someone bonked something over his head(not bad looking, just kinda funny). There's a decent amount of pornographic content besides the story, and while you don't get to make too many choices story-wise, the choices you make with other characters do matter, like deciding to have children will mean that child characters are going to be added into the game(very noice).

The color palette in the menu hurts to look at but its a great parody game that's realistic enough to the original (with the limitations of character render, koikatsu)

The story is great and features side story like an ova as if it was canon. It has original characters and canon characters made more attractive along with story development of characters romance which is a nice touch.

Various scene with different poses whether it's during story or sexy time along with a nice mix of both tabletop (bird eye view with tokens) and dating simulator games (conversation with dialogue that will have consequences)

5 out of 5 if there was more entoma scenes

A great game it even gives you a warning befor entering spoiler you even have many choises witch can give completly new Story Possibility like kill clementine or not if not you have options about her till the end.

Overlord H [R48] [Winterfire]
Are you an Overlord fan? I recommend the game.
The game is well structured, with almost all the characters you'd like to see (some female characters that I really like aren't there).
Premise, the game does not follow the anime but the novel, consequently it is much further ahead and contains spoilers (the game itself warns of this).
The story and the development of the characters are very good.
The word "Event" does not appear for all new scenes / dialogues, and in case of this you have to repeat the game many more times than normal.
The game is not recommended for anyone who is not an Overlord fan and this is a flaw. I love other games done so well, without having seen the main series, but in this one it is not possible.
Cute Art Style but nothing exceptional / unique. I don't appreciate the gender change of some characters, as I said there are some girls not included, so why change the gender of some characters?
Certainly very accurate as a game and you can see the commitment and love of the developer

Overlord is my favorite anime, I like everything about your game and how I really felt like if I was Ainz Ooal Gown and could change the story.

I think what made me really like it was the amount of choices that were different from the anime, how we could choose which floor guardian to go with, etc.

The gameplay mechanics of moving from the map were also fun, the dialogue was well written and entertaining, and the idea of becoming human in a lore-friendly way was also very impressive.

Overall I have great memories about it so thanks for making the game.

I wouldn't consider myself an Overlord enthusiast, but the series holds a special place in my heart. I loved the first season of the anime, and this series was what finally convinced me to give light novels a try. I didn't really get too far into the Overlord light novel due to it being way too short for my tastes, but I was ready to be spoiled when I picked up this game. I just wanted more Overlord in my life, even if it is a parody. Just keep in mind that I'm not an Overlord specialist before proceeding. That being said, I can tell you what to expect.
Final Thoughts:
In conclusion, I only recommend this game if you're an Overlord fan who also has a very vanilla taste and doesn't mind the wonky gameplay. Otherwise, I unfortunately suggest that you skip this one if you haven't already. I won't give it a lower score because I can't do that to a game that kept me occupied for almost 50 hours, even if most of that time was spent multitasking or dozing off. A part of the story was genuinely entertaining, but that's where my enjoyment ended.

I went in expecting cringe, came out being genuinely interested in the writing.
As a huge Overlord fan, I was stunned by how accurate each character was to their personalities, how everything made sense in the world and even how my choices actually affect the plot in ways that feel natural.

The art is a bit meh but it was something I could look over due to the good writing.

My only complaint is that the overworld feels like an abandoned town, with the notable exception of some interactive tokens, as locations are unlocked yet there isn't much to do. I've wasted quite a bit of time checking each and every single town only to realise that there aren't that many events.

Despite being one more AC2 based game, the way it was done really captivated me, the game follows the story of the LN, but gives the player a chance to make their own choices sometimes.

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I'm a big fan of the anime and I was exited to find this game. I have enjoyed the game so far. I believe they have done a great job making it a porn game. It has fantastic animations and dialogue. I'm looking forward to more great updates.

Daaaamn!!!

It's one of my best favourite games ever!!! There's just almost everything!!!!! I hope the author would add up some daughter incest content, or is it just me??? hahaha

This game is a bit niche.

OVERLORD ANIME LOVERS
If you are an Overlord fan that has been pining for the next season and enjoy VNs genrally. You will like it, a LOT, it definitely has scratched that 'Need Overlord' itch for me.

For that audience i rate it Five Stars (maybe 4 if you're a bit more picky)

Overlord storyline, lots of fan service sex, & fun. Not perfect mind you (e.g. as others have noted the renders could be improved etc.)

If you are already an Overlord fan and hang out on F95zone - Highly Recommended


OTHER AUDIENCE
I'm not sure how it would fare as a standalone game for someone that didn't watch and love the source anime 'Overlord' (heathens), but i suspect for them it would be somewhat confusing and more 'average'

Not a fan of VN's, but I really like overlord and this games a good adaption of the series.

The game follows the story of overlord fairly closely for the most part, but it gives you some agency throughout with various choices during moments that make sense. like when selecting who you want to accompany you during your expeditions out of nazarick, Although I feel there could have been more of them, and maybe heavier deviations from the original plot.

the H-scenes fit well with the story and don't feel too out of place, and are also animated pretty good for the most part. although, Some of the earlier ones aren't animated.

Only complaints I have with this game as it is. Are some of the characters look a little weird.
some of the regular scenes can also look a little awkward as well, like many of other 3dcg ren'py games, and some changes to the story were a bit weird. (Like the change of the quagoa into driders)

Really good! While it does diverge off the main canon, it gives you your path to choose from although the models are a bit...clunky, the creator has assured that it will be polished sooner or later as of right now of this review, we've hit volume 14!