War for the Overworld

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 130 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 85 out of 130
  2. Mixed: 27 out of 130
  3. Negative: 18 out of 130

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  1. CrazyDays21
    Apr 13, 2015
    1
    This game should not have been released in the state it was. Even after 20 hotfixes it still crashes on me periodically and when it doesn't, it lags so bad as to become unplayable.
  2. Greywolf_
    Apr 5, 2015
    3
    A game with high potential, yet released in an obviously unfinished state. Campaign unplayable at the moment due to numerous showstoppers, advertised features aren't even implemented yet. Needs weeks and months to be ironed out and be considered a full release.
  3. eaxs
    Apr 6, 2015
    3
    Buyer beware: This game is far from finished. Due to multiple issues, the sp campaign cannot be completed. Multiplayer is also not fully implemented. Best wait a while and check the steam forums on the current game status.
  4. Violett
    Apr 3, 2015
    3
    Please, tell me this is ol'good Dungeon Keeper, please, please. Is it? Yes? ... Alas, no. That great time and that great game in long past. War for the Overworld shows again that remakes is no use. The only good remake was Xcom, but only because they remade almost whole game. Unchanged games 10-15 years old will not work today. Because they don't add anything new - even if you enjoy oldPlease, tell me this is ol'good Dungeon Keeper, please, please. Is it? Yes? ... Alas, no. That great time and that great game in long past. War for the Overworld shows again that remakes is no use. The only good remake was Xcom, but only because they remade almost whole game. Unchanged games 10-15 years old will not work today. Because they don't add anything new - even if you enjoy old game with new graphics there is a thought on the edge of your mind - I've seen it somewhere ... Nothing new plus some featured getting cut plus several bugs means useless remake. Where is death animation? Where is that most cool thing when you control a minion his attack shown as a splash through screen? Why are my minions being so stupid to get stuck in walls? Please, for the love of old games, do not make such worthless remakes.… Expand
  5. sh4dow
    Jul 6, 2017
    4
    I'm not sure where all those high ratings come from because I still find this too buggy to be enjoyable.
    Most importantly - when your creatures are in a fight, you can't pick additional creatures that are not in a fight from your panel because the "these creatures are involved in a fight" thing simply doesn't work. Most of the time, the creatures are in the category "other".
    One would    I'm not sure where all those high ratings come from because I still find this too buggy to be enjoyable.
    Most importantly - when your creatures are in a fight, you can't pick additional creatures that are not in a fight from your panel because the "these creatures are involved in a fight" thing simply doesn't work. Most of the time, the creatures are in the category "other".
    One would also think that it's pretty simple to only play a certain phrase only ONCE, not repeatedly until you finally finish a level.
    Finally, I find it pretty annoying how regularly you get hit by enemy waves in this game. There is barely any time to simply explore and plan one's dungeon. And sometimes not even for your creatures to get food and payment. I guess if that "creature activity" panel actually worked, you could pick creatures that are idle to fight. But... that's simply not possible.
    And you can't even pause to study the HUGE skill/perk/whatever tree in peace! Who the hell thought that that is a good idea?!    … Expand
  6. EagleSoar
    Dec 8, 2015
    0
    Played it till my fingers bled. Deleted it after the 17th attempt of level 12.
    Idiotic game. Till then, it was tricky, lvl 12 is impossible. Enemy has unlimited units, used the kuros spell or whatever its called, beat 2, 3rd is unkillable. Even when I got close, game lagged out and crashed (on a Nvidia 960 and 4770k oc'ed with 12gig ram)
    dont bother playing this rubbish. Absolute waste of space
  7. Giorgio84
    Jan 22, 2017
    4
    Good attempt to revive the series but gameplay is bad, campaign is not good and I'd say this is a let down unfortunately...such a shame really...
    I wanted this game to be a huge success. The guys did a good job to revive the DG series but unfortunately they did not capture the spirit.
    The game is not well polished and I did not enjoy the campaign at all. I am very sad to give a negative    Good attempt to revive the series but gameplay is bad, campaign is not good and I'd say this is a let down unfortunately...such a shame really...
    I wanted this game to be a huge success. The guys did a good job to revive the DG series but unfortunately they did not capture the spirit.
    The game is not well polished and I did not enjoy the campaign at all. I am very sad to give a negative review... as Dungeon Keeper I was my first PC game.    … Expand

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#73 Most Discussed PC Game of 2015

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Metascore
65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Mar 31, 2016
    79
    War for the Overworld fixes some minor problems of the original Dungeon Keeper games, but does not innovate further when it comes to dungeon building. [March 2016]
  2. CD-Action
    Jun 29, 2015
    45
    There’s a decent game in there somewhere, but it’s hard to notice it under all those bugs and shortcomings. [06/2015, p.75]
  3. PC PowerPlay
    May 30, 2015
    50
    Based heavily on Dungeon Keeper 2, this title with its twelve year old trappings has ignored all the innovations that have come since. [June 2015, p.62]
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