OVERLORD -ESCAPE FROM NAZARICK-

OVERLORD - ESCAPE FROM NAZARICK is an action game released on June 16, 2022. It was developed by Engines Inc. and published by KADOKAWA CORPORATION and was released on Steam and Nintendo Switch.

Overview
The protagonist is ... Clementine !? "OVERLORD -ESCAPE FROM NAZARICK-" will be released on Steam for PC and Nintendo Switch in 2022!

Escape from the horrifying Nazarick Underground Tomb while collecting lost memories and martial arts of Clementine!

It is described to be a Metroidvania-style 2D action side-scrolling game starring Clementine, an antagonist from the very early parts of the “Overlord” story. In other words, it happens to feature 2D platforming with mechanics similar to the Castlevania games.

In the game, Clementine finds herself mysteriously inside the Great Tomb of Nazarick. Unarmed and without any memories of how the former got here, she must find a means to regain fragments of her old self while searching for a way out to escape the tomb without dying. At the same time, she is unable to exercise the full extent of her abilities.

Because of this, she will first need to explore every inch of the Great Tomb of Nazarick as much as possible in order to regain her arsenal of weapons and powers and use them to make her escape. However, minions of the Overlord himself standing in her way will try to stop Clementine in her tracks from escaping through any means possible.

Storyline
The beginning of the game opens to a scene where Clementine prepares to fight her opponent Momon in the E-Rantel Cemetery. When Momon casts away his weapons, the woman thinking he has given up rushes at the armored warrior with her Martial Arts and runs the points of her stilettoes into his eyes. She then activates the two sealed spells contained in her weapons, but to her shock they have no effect. Momon holds her in a tight grasp which Clementine struggles to break free, dumbfound on how her opponent is still alive.

To answer her, Momon then dispels his disguise and an appears in his skeletal robed magic caster visage. The undead then mocks her on how easily she was defeated before crushing her to death in a powerful embrace.

Throne
Clementine awakens in the Throne Room of the Great Tomb of Nazarick. Confused on where she is answered by the voice of the undead who killed her. A image flickers to life, projecting her slayer who tells the human it has been awhile since they last encountered each other. Clementine's lack of familiarity with her own name reveals that fragments of her memories are missing. Ainz Ooal Gown then introduces himself and explains that Clementine will participate in a little experiment of his, which involves her escaping the dungeon. Before disappearing he recommends his test subject to to head up if she values her life.

After the undead vanishes, Clementine still disoriented on the situation decides to find a weapon. While exploring the immediate area she locates her stiletto and vaguely sensing it is hers. As she continues to explore the floor, fighting through various foes and dodging traps she comes across a memory fragment, and upon absorbing it Clementine regains a piece of her memories. Though not fully remembering, Clementine knows who she is and how she was killed by Ainz and vows revenge once she regained the totality of her memories.

Climbing higher, Clementine encounters Yuri Alpha a member of the Pleiades. To test the human, Yuri sends a Nazarick Elder Guarders to attack Clementine before vanishing. After slaying it, Clementine locates Yuri and brags to the maid that all the dangers of Nazarick were nothing to a warrior like her. Yuri even though she was commanded by Ainz to observe and decides to fight against the insolent human.

The fight ends with Clementine's victory when she slays Yuri. Ainz appears again and commends her in defeating one of his subordinates. The praise is rejected by Clementine calling Ainz a pathetic elder lich swearing to take him down when she finds. Her disrespectful declaration attracts the attention of the Floor Guardians: Albedo, Cocytus and Shalltear who appear alongside their master. They petition Ainz Ooal Gown to be given them honor of cutting down the human, but Ainz states that it is too early in the experiment for them face against her. Ainz encourages his prisoner to keep fighting and warns that her next opponent will be a familiar face.

Magma
Clementine eventually reacher the 7th Floor which is filled with lava and fire. In spite of the heat, Clementine uses fire magic to endure the environment. The woman then finds reprieve in what appears to be Spa Resort Nazarick which then takes her into a purple neon corridor zone before returning her to the desolate fiery wasteland. In the lava area she also retrieve one of her stilettoes. Her journey takes her to a flooded region though the water soon filled with blood.

There floating maid named Narberal Gamma introduces herself though Clementine would remember her as Nabe. The name Nabe brings some recognition to Clementine, though is disappointed as that means her associate Khajiit Dale Badantel is dead. Though she was not the sentimental type, Clementine decides to avenge him for old time's sake. Narberal welcomes her to try before ascending above. Clementine attempts to pursue but she is soon surrounded by a mob of undead and demons. Narberal keeping one step ahead of Clementine goads her to try and follow.

The pursuit ends with Clementine finally facing off against Narberal. Despite all of Narberal's confidence, she too is defeated by the human. Once again Ainz appears nonplused by Narberal's death and is only happy at the data that was collected. When he is met by Clementine's snide attitude, the undead wonders if she will remain so arrogant when she encounters the Wise King of the Forest. The name garners attention from Clementine as it is the legendary beast from the Great Forest of Tob, shocking her that this undead has it under his command.

Dense Forest: Lower
The climb to the surface takes Clementine to the 6th Floor where she meets the jungle. There she meets none other than Hamsuke the Wise King of the Forest who Clementine worries may be a difficult opponent. Hamsuke rolls away into the forest, wishing her luck in surviving the floor and promising to meet again. Going through the forest, Clementine comes across many monsters including some weird walking mushrooms. Hamsuke continues to lure her deeper into the dense thicket and runs into packs of lizardmen and occasionally burning through the foliage. Through the chase Clementine recovers another of her stilettoes. She manages to get out of the forest and see the nigh sky of the floor. Hamsuke not too far away then leads her the periphery of the Amphitheater. There Clementine demands that the hide-and-seek game end and to for it to face her.

Hamsuke refuses to indulge her and summons its minions to attack. Once the minions are killed, Clementine tracks the hamster to the Amphitheater where upon reaching it the gates seal her and her quarry in. Unperturbed that she walked right into a trap, Clementine plans to defeat Hamsuke. Her bravado does not impress Hamsuke who finds it too much like a man with the elves she fought. Hamsuke announces that she will fight the human, but not alone and soon a Death Knight appears alongside the hamster. The Death Knight then attacks Clementine who after a duel defeats it. Hamsuke steps in to fight Clementine and when Hamsuke lays defeated by Clementine's hand, Ainz appears to congratulate her as he is impressed she managed to defeat both his minions once again. The praise makes very little impact on Clementine, who unknown to her while distracted by Ainz fails to miss that the Death Knight had recovered and quickly picked up Hamsuke and escape.

Dense Forest: Upper
After the image of Ainz vanishes, Clementine makes her way to another part of the 6th Floor. There she encounters what appears to be a child alone in the forest, who introduces herself as Entoma Vasilissa Zeta. Clementine though accurately guesses that Entoma is another member of the Pleiades. Unlike the previous maids she fought Entoma tries to ask Clementine if they could pretend that they never saw each other as the Supreme Being wanted her to gather data on Clementine. If they fought now it would defeat the purpose as the human will be dead if they fought. Clementine tells Entoma not to worry as she will kill her, but as soon as the warrior reaches the maid, she vanishes.

Clementine hunts for the maid's whereabouts leading her to a new area filled with webs. She finds herself assaulted not just by demi-humans but arachnids and worms. Catching up the the short maid, Clementine dares the maid to fight, but instead the Pleaides maid dispatches several summons to take Clementine down. They are not enough and Clementine tracks her prey to a section that is dominated by a giant spiderweb. Entoma is glad that Clementine finally made it this far as she plans on eating the warrior after she defeats her. Though Entoma has the homefield advantage, Clementine manages to defeat the maid.

Once once Ainz appears amazed at her progress in defeating third Pleiades maid, astounded by the growth of improvement of a mere human. Clementine retorts that so far her captor's dungeon is a let down and demands something more challenging. Albedo appears and warns her to watch her tone, but is held back by Ainz and Shalltear Bloodfalleen. Hearing her request, Ainz decides to change Clementine's opponents to being the Floor Guardians. The first up to challenge Clementine is Cocytus.

Glacier: Lower
Clementine then climbs out of the spiderweb area and makes her way to a ice coated door, After melting ice she opens it where it takes her to freezing wasteland. Cocytus makes his appearance before her, impressed at all she accomplished since being trapped in Nazarick, though finds her to lacking in a warrior which insults Clementine. However Cocytus allows her to prove herself to him. If she reaches his domain only then will he acknowledge her as a warrior before teleporting away.

Making her way through the snowy terrain, Clementine sees a castle made of ice in the distance. Entering it Clementine delves deeper into the fortress until she finally meets. Cocytus lauds her for reaching this point and then has her fight his army of undead. After the undead fodder are defeated he then summons elder liches. Defeating them she purses Cocytus and along the way she discovers another of her missing stilettos.

Eventually she breaches Cocytus's inner sanctum, where he has been waiting patiently for her. There he acknowledges her as a warrior, which Clementine takes offense as it should have been obvious. Though the 5th Floor Guardians states that warriors neeed not declare themselves to be, as they only need confidence not words. However those that take pleasure in killing is not synonymous with honor but is a disgrace. Clementine scoffs at such a notion to which Cocytus who has met many warriors who came close to death and died honorably. They are those who earned his respect, sadly Clementine is not one of them.

In the aftermath of the duel, Clementine defeats him and leaves only his Decapitation Fang. Ainz appears musing that he did not expect her to survive. He is more than happy to introduce her to her next opponent Shalltear who appears alongside him. He orders Shalltear to defeat the human but adds that she will need to stay her hand from using Blood Frenzy so as to not contaminate the experiment.

Glacier: Upper
Going deeper into the frozen castle, Clementine approaches Shalltear who muses that though she defeated one Floor Guardian, she cannot allow the human to continue to underestimate the Great Tomb of Nazarick. Clementine pursues the Floor Guardian into the recesses of the prison. Shalltear mocks the humans for expending so much energy just to chase her. Clementine tries to lure Shalltear to come closer which Shalltear complies, only to teleport away when Clementine tries to stab her as she sensed her murderous intent.

Shalltear encourages Clementine time to try and find her and leads the woman into a section of the prison filled with deadly booby traps. The path takes her to a chamber filled with piles of bones where Shalltear meets her again. Clementine having enough of the cat and mouse with her opponent demands to be taken seriously, only for the girl to summon a Skeletal Dragon and sent it loose on the human.

Clementine kills the undead and makes her way into another section, that appears older, almost like ruins filled with tombs. The scenery turns into fancy corridor where she enters in a luxurious room where Shalltear is waiting for her. Clementine having deduced that her opponent is a vampire is ready to battle. The vampire fights her opponent and even commits to using her True Vampire form but is nonetheless defeated by the human.

Tomb: Lower
An appearance from Ainz occurs who muses that he has underestimated Clementine and wonders if that means he is hear to beg for mercy, which angers Albedo declaring that she will be her next opponent which Ainz permits. Coming out of the room she finds herself in a misty graveyard. Unafraid by the scene, the environment jogs Clementine' memory of her death at Ainz Ooal Gown's hand who she now understand is the one who killed her. Initially thinking he is an elder lich, she dismisses it as no lich can be that powerful, unless he is a Night Lich, a class of undead that the leader a specific group belongs to. Seeing that she cannot possible fight against him, unless she has the drop on him, Clementine resolves to escape.

Clementine approaches Albedo in front of a pair of doors. Derogatorily calling her Miss Wings, Clementine is eager to defeat the new opponent and tries to provoke Albedo to make a move and let her guard down, but Albedo does not fall for it. She warns Clementine is just a lab rat, that her usefulness has ended and that she will meet her end before vanishing. Clementine Exploring the doors she finds that they can lead to different locations across the dungeon.

She reaches Albedo's room where the Overseer Guardian praises the human for penetrating the dungeon that Mare Bello Fiore and others have created. And praises that Clementine has vitality that matches Kyouhukou and that they would have been great friends. Sadly Ainz resides in the floor above and Albedo cannot allow her to go any further and takes out 3F. Despite Albedo's ability she is defeated and killed by the human, causing Ainz to appear. Clementine notes how he can be so calm when all his followers have died though attributes it to being a trait of the undead.

Tomb: Upper
Clementine vows to find her captor and her journey takes her to three gates that need to be unlocked using gears located throughout the floors. Once they are unlocked the human discovers a hallway filled with statues of her defeated foes. The hallway leads to Momonga's office where the mastermind is waiting. Clementine confronting the undead still doesn't understand his role in her death. All she can fathom was that she was running from Momon and then Ainz suddenly appeared, which Ainz states that that is correct and that she at the time assumed that he was an undead summon. Despite his confirmation, on the events, Clementine cannot help but feel that there is more that is being unsaid.

Clementine declares her intent to kill Ainz, thanking him for the experiment as it greatly enhanced her power way above how she normally was. The battle ends in her victory, which amazes and yet pleases Clementine as she know believes having defeated a Night Lich makes her more than powerful enough to defeat her former comrades such as the 10th Seat of the Black Scripture. She plays with the idea that she is stronger than 1st and Additional Seat but changes her mind as the pair are in a different league.

Fate
The human then manages to make her way outside where she revels in the sweet air, until Ainz magically appears thanking her for providing him with such valuable data. Incredulous on how he is before her, Ainz reveals that all the opponents she fought were copies. To demonstrate, all the real foes Clementine fought in the dungeon appear behind Ainz, blocking Clementine's path to freedom.

During the game, depending on Clementine's level of complete memory fragment collections, two outcomes occur:

If Clementine fails to retrieve all her memory fragments it will be noted by Ainz Ooal Gown. According to Ainz though the experiment was enlightening, it was still incomplete thus he will have Clementine do the experiment again, though this time he will erase her memories just as last time. Angered that she had been toyed with Clementine attempts to attack Ainz only to be killed by his magic. Ainz assures the dying that her role in the experiment is not over and that she will be released and allowed to finally die, eventually when she has no further use.

If Clementine has acquired all of her memory fragments, Ainz Ooal Gown as a token of his thanks for participating in the experiment, grants Clementine her freedom and allows her to leave the tomb. In addition he welcomes her to challenge Nazarick again, promising to show the warmest of welcomes to the most valuable test subject. Clementine insulted attempts to attack the undead and his laughing subordinates but fails to even touch them as they vanish. Still Clementine swears that they will regret allowing her to live and that she will have her revenge.

Back in the Throne Room, Ainz with Albedo anticipates that Clementine will spread word of Fake Nazarick and its 'Floor Guardians' and hopes that the information will circulate in the outside world to give those that dare challenge a false understanding of his subordinates' powers. Albedo comments that none of their doubles displayed the real Floor Guardians' true abilities and thus if Clementine spreads her testimony to others, it will be of no use in defeating Nazarick. Ainz then orders Albedo to to have Aura Bella Fiora guard Clementine, at least until she reaches civilization, so as to ensure that his plan proceeds. After Albedo leaves, Ainz muses that he also plans to keep track of Clementine using her signature weapon. Ainz feeling nothing but gratitude towards Clementine, he hopes that in the future the human will live a long and fulfilling life as a test subject until the end of her days. Outside Fake Nazarick, Clementine runs under the night sky, stopping briefly to gaze at the dungeon before heading off.

Game Play
2D action-adventure game set in the rich world of the epic dark fantasy, Overlord. This latest installment in the series features an original story overseen by Overlord's creator, Kugane Maruyama. Find Clementine's missing memories and make your escape out of Nazarick!

Based on the gameplay setting, it's very likely that you will playing as Clementine in the underground tomb and encountering the tomb's traps while attempting to flee Nazarick. This also seems to involve coming across Nazarick denizens like Narberal Gamma and Dragonkin as enemies along the way and engaging them in battle.

Players will be able to make total usage of Clementine's superhuman agility to their advantage, controlling the character's movements and means of fighting wherever she go. By playing Clementine, players must run, jump and maneuver through various kinds of obstacles with a grappling hook and utilize a variety of weapons to defeat anything that opposes her. In addition to that, magic abilities appear to be tied directly to the game's progression over the course of time as players may need specific spells necessary to pass certain areas before advancing any further through until they overcome it.

Trivia

 * News of the release of the game was announced on Twitter.
 * Narrative-wise, “Escape from Nazarick” will likely try to explore Clementine's story based on her point of view in the game as she slowly collects and retrieves her forgotten memories.