Tyranny- Obsidian's new game

I'm not sure what the appeal of playing the bad guy is if you don't get to actually be the overlord.

Obsidian's usually good at letting people be really, really evil though, so I expect this game will let them show that off.

If the overlord was Kane from Command and Conquer then sure, I'll take NOD over GDI any day. The problem is most of the time a fantasy evil overlord is going to have no charisma whatsoever. If being evil is about the power trip then there's nothing more frustrating than doing the heavy lifting for someone you can't stand. Especially if they then spend all their time gloating about how much better than everyone they are.

I'm sure Obsidian are well aware of that, and no doubt one of the endings is overthrowing the guy and taking power for yourself. I can't tell much about the character from the trailer though.