Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace vs Overlord: Fellowship of Evil
Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace
Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace is a story-driven, party-based adventure RPG complete with unique gridless turn-based combat, and a creepy Lovecraftian theme. In this game, you get to control a ragtag team of investigators with varying experiences and talents. The goal here is to track down the mysterious cultists who are involved in the murder of Professor Tillinghast during what seems to be a sacrificial ritual. Will you be able to find out what’s really going on and who’s to blame for the murder?As someone who has not played the board game version of Arkham Horror before, this turn-based adventure RPG is a pretty great introduction. I absolutely love the horror-themed storytelling here and the voice acting is simply brilliant. Since I’m an avid fan of turn-based RPGs, the gridless gameplay here is unique enough to help it stand out. That said, the game is unfortunately marred by several glitches, especially the annoying camera glitch which can only be fixed by reloading a previous checkpoint.
So, to sum up, Arkham Horror: Mother's Embrace may not be triple-A level, but it’s a solidly fun game in spite of its bugs and is still worth the purchase.
Overlord: Fellowship of Evil
Overlord: Fellowship of Evil lets you experience a warped and twisted, dark fantasy world in an action RPG that rewards the bad and venerates the evil. Featuring four brand-new Netherghuls, resurrected servants of the dark arts; a horde of maniacal minions as well as the horde's master, Gnarl, you'll have more ways than ever to cause mischievous humor, decimate or subjugate the population or simply perpetuate chaos and mayhem. You can develop your minions so they can withstand any resistance more easily. Best yet, you can even play the game cooperatively with up three friends locally or online.Overlord: Fellowship of Evil is the sort of rare game that simply give you the tools to cause total and utter mayhem and leave you to decide how to go about instilling terror into the AI populace. It's definitely a fun game to play when you need to blow off some steam, but bear in mind that this game is in no way the third installment of the popular Overlord franchise. Think of it as a more casual spin-off.