Overlord 1 & 2, being the bad guy can be fun!

Always wanted to laugh maniacally while sending out minions to ravage the country side? Then play Overlord and harass the poor peasants as you wish!

You play as THE overlord, the current evil guy©®™ incarnation in this world and the world is overrun by goodness, blergh. Time to get busy and conquer them by force and your minions. In principle it's Pikmin but with uglycute evil gremlins instead of standardcute plant persons. You also have different types for different jobs (can go over water/fire, etc) but they can collect weapons and armour lying around, making it possible to strengthen them on the battlefield even more.

You roleplay as the evil guy by choosing how to decorate your tower, what mistress you take and also how to solve certain problems. While in Overlord 1 the game let's you chose between evil and good but with evil methods, Overlord 2 is more committing to the act. Here you really chose between 2 evils: genocidal madman or tyrannical overlord, which fits more to the theme.

And while that sounds till now like I'm a sociopathic edgelord that should be put in an asylum: the greatest strength of these games is their black humour and parody of classical tolkienesque fantasy stories. The good forces are mostly incompetent and laughable, while the shenanigans of the minions are simply adorable. Foremost your advisor Gnarl, who helps you find your footings in your new spiky boots. And always has a quip ready and his catchphrase:

Evil always finds a way

And the story of Overlord 2 even managed to make me feel a mixture of disbelief and laughter when they revealed who the endboss is. So great work from Rhianna Pratchett! I haven't played any of the other Overlord games, but 1&2 I highly recommend, for the pure chaos and fun of it. It's not like it's hard fights or has any hard puzzles, it's mostly Zelda puzzles: you acquire new skill in a dungeon and then use that skill to solve the obstacles.