I admit that when I first heard about Facebook games, I was asking myself if people actually bothered to play them. Of course, when Facebook first came out I wondered if people actually bothered to use that, too. Now, several years later, I find myself on Facebook all the time and I indeed know that many people play games on there! Dungeon Overlord is one of the newest and more entertaining “farm” style games for Facebook. If you ever wanted to add Orcs and Warlocks to your Farmville, you’re going to love Dungeon Overlord.
The game starts you out with a very well designed tutorial that moves seamlessly into your quest goals upon completion. You can generally expect to be level 3 by the time you complete the tutorial and have some upgraded buildings under your cloak. Quest goals are then broken up into Vengeance Quests and All Active Quests tabs. Vengeance Quests move you along toward attacking surface dwellers and other Overlords, while the All Active Quests tab may have minor quests that you can complete along the way for extra experience. One example of a minor quest is awarding you +10xp for renaming your dungeon.
To start, you control a couple of Goblins that you can then use to build your structures. The tutorial advises that you start by building a Den, a Farm, a Tavern, and a Library in that order. You can then build your mines to produce more gold and ore to further upgrade each of your structures. One upgrade is to add a Warlock’s Bed to the Den. With Warlocks you can then use the Library to further research new items, such as Creature Affinity to create Orcs. This is a good thing since Goblins are great for mining and building but really can’t take much damage, should you decide to battle surface dwellers and other Overlords.
Like most Facebook games, Dungeon Overlord has a cash shop. Items in the cash shop, such as 25% Gold or Crystal boosts, can be purchased with Dungeon Marks. Dungeon Marks can in turn be purchased with Facebook credits. The cost of these marks does not seem to be too bad, with the minimum being 22 Dungeon Marks for 20 Facebook credits. And every purchase includes a bonus percentage of Marks that varies depending on the amount purchased. Additionally, you can spend marks to complete upgrade construction, which can significantly reduce the time factor involved.
