Sony Online Entertainment released a new social game by Night Owl Games on Facebook called Dungeon Overlord. It's basically Dungeon Keeper for Facebook. You build a dungeon by building rooms and hallways on tiles and by upgrading them. Build a Tavern to attract Thieves for instance, or build a Library to spawn a Warlock who needs a bed to sleep in. You can even rename your creatures for a more personal touch.
Income comes from gold, crystal, iron and food. Goblins will scurry around to mine and build your rooms, which gives the game a bit more of an active feel than CityVille and the like. The usual social game timers come into play with resources generated and consumed every hour, or spawn times for new creatures when you unlock their prerequisites.
The game offers a lot of information to manage, which makes me feel like it's more directed at a "hardcore social games" crowd than your average soccer mom. There is also an overworld which tells me I can invade towns and castles with Orcs, while Warlocks provide research points you invest in technology. It hints at a long-term social game with more than depth than you would expect. What madness!
It's still in beta and some things are a bit obtuse, like resources being dropped on the ground that you can click on. Are they bonus resources? Do I need to click them? Is this thing on the ground an item or just artwork of a room? And why is there no Crystal or Iron counter? It's certainly a different breed than your typical Zynga design though, so if you are into social games and Dungeon Keeper it might be worth checking out during an hour of boredom.
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3:40 PM on 01.14.2011 | 
With all due respect, but a facebook game just doesn't do it for me. Didn't EA sell the rights for some online Korean Dungeon Keeper ? Haven't heard anything about that one.
Meh not really into the whole social games thingy. But they should just make a dungeon keeper 3...it has been way too long :(
These are the same minions who mined the resources for you in the first place. I guess they just throw it aside and wait for you to say you want the gold after all?
Same here. This could be a huge step for you, me, and hardcore gamers everywhere.
Of course, it could be Lord of Ultima all over again and get boring after a week.
http://www.dungeons-game.com/ (I'm really starting to love Kalypso)
dungeons are even trying to be original! the whole video is a copy of dungeon keeper adds.
I will still try the game but the lack of originality hurt my soul.. my evil soul.. :(
no, this won't do.
Game itself is addictive as crack, although it's only my third day playing. Would much rather have DK3 than this pale immitation though.
BSOD blue screen of death just like in old windows
BOTD bug of the day, every day they make a new patch which crashes the system for hours.
The game is addicting, but don't plan on playing it for more than a few hours at a time. The auto crash feature has a random interval ranging from hours to a few seconds. Yesterday it was 3 mouseclicks. Today, for the last 12 hours, the app won't even TRY to activate.
If they ever manage to convince me they can go 24 hours without loading a new bug I might spend mpney on the game. But I don't expect that to happen anytime soon. I guess they just don't compile and test their upgrades before implementing them.