
In 2021, Overlord was remastered as part of the Mass Effect Legendary Edition.īetween missions, the player can explore a planet aboard a hovering vehicle.

Overlord received positive reviews from critics, who praised its tense atmosphere and open-ended exploration, but criticized the Hammerhead's simplistic mechanics. Its vehicle exploration aspect was designed to be similar to that of the Mako carrier in the original Mass Effect. Overlord features a new series of missions involving both on-foot squad-based combat and planetary exploration aboard a hovering vehicle called the Hammerhead. Set on a remote Earth-like planet during the 22nd century, Overlord follows the events of an experimental virtual intelligence that has gone rogue after a scientist interfaced his autistic brother's mind with it. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in 2010, and is included in the PlayStation 3 version of Mass Effect 2, which was released in 2011. Mass Effect 2: Overlord is a downloadable content pack developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for the 2010 action role-playing video game Mass Effect 2.


Action role-playing, third-person shooter
