History YMMV / OverlordII

** The two instances of CuttingOffTheBranches from the first game adds some in hindsight to the previous Overlord. Did he save the Elves from going extinct out of pity, EvenEvilHasStandards, or was it just his [[spoiler: his lingering kindness as a Hero (who it's implied had a friendship with Oberon, the Elves' hero) coming through]]? And did he [[spoiler: pick Rose over Velvet because he genuinely loved her? Or was it just an act of PragmaticVillainy in keeping the smarter, saner and more strategy-focused of the sisters with him over her dumber, more emotion driven sibling?]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: How are the Overlord's feelings towards his wives? Does he love them or only see them as trophies? Or alternatively, he loves his childhood friend, while the other two are trophies?

* BigBeautifulWoman: If you're into that sort of thing, some of the antagonists can qualify as this.

* TierInducedScrappy:
** For some, there are mounts that are considered better than others.
*** Almost everyone agrees that the Wolf mounts are miles ahead of the Spider and Salamander mounts in utility, and are considered to be the best choice for the final battle.
*** Salamanders form the middle ground where they make the Red Minions forces to be reckoned with, but require the most micro work to reap the benefits.
*** The Spider mounts come off as the worst where they seem to not benefit greatly to the Green Minions role in assassination and suffer from very odd wall-climbing mechanics that are universally hated amongst the players. They are considered the worst choice for the final battle.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: How are the Overlord's feelings towards his wives? Does he love them or only see them as trophies? Or alternatively, he loves his childhood friend, while the other two are trophies.?

* ScrappyMechanic: The controls for moving a group of minions, particularly on the PC version, are just plain awful.

** Almost everyone agrees that the Wolf mounts are miles ahead of the Spider and Salamander mounts in utility, and are considered to be the best choice for the final battle.
** Salamanders form the middle ground where they make the Red Minions forces to be reckoned with, but require the most micro work to reap the benefits.
** The Spider mounts come off as the worst where they seem to not benefit greatly to the Green Minions role in assassination and suffer from very odd wall-climbing mechanics that are universally hated amongst the players. They are considered the worst choice for the final battle.

* CompleteMonster: [[ItsAllAboutMe Florian Greenheart]] is a non-magic elf determined to accrue magic power for himself without regard for the consequences. His first attempt to steal the magic of the Tower Heart following the disappearance of the Third Overlord causes a massive explosion and fallout that scars the land and leads to widespread fear and hatred of magic. Florian takes advantage of both to rise to power under the guise of [[TheEmperor Emperor Solarius]], leader of the [[AntiMagicalFaction Glorious Empire]], while continuing to feign loyalty to his own people and the benevolent Queen Fay. Florian orchestrates a GenocideFromTheInside on his people and all magical creatures in the land, using his legions and even the Fourth Overlord as mere tools to gather the magical energies of all fay creatures in his palace before ultimately revealing his plans to the Overlord just in time to absorb all the collected magic his forces gathered and [[OneWingedAngel transform into the hideous Devourer]]. Even in this form, Florian shows no care for his subjects or remorse for his actions, concerned only with fulfilling his deluded dreams of godhood.

* CompleteMonster: [[ItsAllAboutMe Florian Greenheart]] is a non-magic elf determined to accrue magic power for himself without regard for the consequences. His first attempt to steal the magic of the Tower Heart following the disappearance of the Third Overlord causes a massive explosion and fallout that scars the land and leads to widespread fear and hatred of magic. Florian takes advantage of both to rise to power under the guise of [[TheEmperor Emperor Solarius]], leader of the [[AntiMagicalFaction Glorious Empire]], whilst continuing to feign loyalty to his own people and the benevolent Queen Fay. Florian orchestrates a GenocideFromTheInside on his people and all magical creatures in the land, using his legions and even the Fourth Overlord as mere tools to gather the magical energies of all fay creatures in his palace before ultimately revealing his plans to the Overlord just in time to absorb all the collected magic his forces gathered and [[OneWingedAngel transform into the hideous Devourer]]. Even in this form, Florian shows no care for his subjects or remorse for his actions, concerned only with fulfilling his deluded dreams of godhood.

* BestLevelEver: The stealth run with the green minions. Bonus points goes to the fact that it gave a lot of people the feeling of playing ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''...''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' style.

-->'''Gnarl''': This is why survival of the fluffiest has never caught on, Sire. They're just too stupid.
* [[EvenBetterSequel Even Better]][=/=]SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Outside of the obvious graphical touch ups, the melee attacks are more meaty, the plot is arguably better, you're not just limited to one mistress (you can even get with [[spoiler: all three]] if you play your cards right), the mounts add to the gameplay, and there's no [[PragmaticVillainy "good"]] alignment (just LawfulEvil or ChaoticEvil).
** The Tower is bigger and more useful. Barracks can be upgraded for minion training. You can actually sit on your throne.
** The game focuses less on contrived puzzles and more on infiltration and tactics. Stuff an Overlord would actually be concerned with.
* EvilIsSexy: [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Queen Fay]]]] is the only truly evil mistress, being obsessed with killing off everyone else. Kelda's no saint, though:
-->'''Kelda''': I like killing as much as anyone, but it's got to be fair. Otherwise where's the fun?

* {{Fanon}}: All that is known about how the Overlord started living in Nordberg is that he was found outside the gates with no mention of his actual age. Many fanfic writers use this to show the Overlord being raised [[spoiler:by Rose]] for a few years prior to being left in Nordberg. Also many pretty much accept that Kelda is the Overlord's love interest even though he doesn't treat her any differently than the other Mistresses.

* Fanon: All that is known about how the Overlord started living in Nordberg is that he was found outside the gates with no mention of his actual age. Many fanfic writers use this to show the Overlord being raised [[spoiler:by Rose]] for a few years prior to being left in Nordberg. Also many pretty much accept that Kelda is the Overlord's love interest even though he doesn't treat her any differently than the other Mistresses.

* EarWorm: The opening music. Easy to sing along to, as well.

* ItIsTheSameNowItSucks: A lot of reviews boiled down to this when compared with the first game.

* TheWoobie: Poor Blue Minions never got a mount.

*** While on the topic of the minion mounts, there's never a time in the game where you get to use more than one type, which could have made for some interesting world puzzles that required the usages of multiple mounts at once.

* DudeNotFunny: Some players are pretty turned-off by baby-seal-killing, BlackComedy or not, being mandatory to progress.

* EvilIsSexy: [[TheVamp Juno]] and [[spoiler:[[FallenHero Queen Fay]]]] are more evil than Kelda, the former being a greedy GoldDigger and the latter obsessed with killing off everyone else. Kelda's no saint, though: