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Just didn't have enough of anything it tried to do for me to keep watching. It tried fan-service, but it was minimal. The story was uninteresting and going nowhere fast; akin to SAO but it doesn't make you care for the main character because even the main character didn't care about the main character before he became overpowered.

That's where the show fails again: the main character being overpowered. 2 shows that have handled this well are One Punch Man, and Dragon Ball.

In Dragon Ball, Goku is always the most powerful, until he's not. His strength is constantly being tested by his opponents and through that ... you get to see progression in his own strength, and the hero overcoming adversity.

In One Punch Man, Saitama is always the most powerful and that's established pretty quickly, much like Overlord. Saitama's power, much like Ainz, is never fully defined, and furthermore, never capped. The place where these two shows differ, is that Saitama is constantly fighting enemies that look like they could one-shot the whole earth, meanwhile, he looks like he's supposed to be working at subway. In Overlord, Ainz looks OP, and acts OP.

In short:
Goku looks OP, doesn't act OP. (in a sense of being humble)
Saitama looks weak af, and acts weak af. (in a sense of being humble)
Ainz looks OP, and acts OP.

That's where you fail as a show when you write an OP character. Goku, Saitama, Naruto, and Deku are all fun to watch because they could topple a skyscraper with the flick of a finger, BUT they never act so full of themselves because of it. We get to see these characters coming from a place of weakness and dissatisfaction with their current power; a yearning to get stronger that constantly drives them to improve themselves.

Therefore, when you write a character wherein the first 3-5 episodes they basically turn on God mode, it becomes about as fun to watch as... actually turning on God mode in a video game. Great for the first 30 minutes; extremely boring afterwards.

What compels me to keep watching Overlord if Ainz is already top tier, owns a castle, and has 2 of the FINEST bitches in the whole show? It's like watching My Hero Academia but Deku's already mastered his quirk, has the whole female cast sucking him, somehow bought the school, and became the #1 hero. Like yeah, it's fun for 3 episodes, until you're like "good for you dude" and move on with your life. I don't need a nigga flexing in my face 24/7. There's a reason the creator of One Punch Man made him live in a 1 bedroom apartment.

TL;DR: If a character has everything he needs, and can get what he wants without the slightest of struggles, it might be fun to watch in some cases, but it's rarely compelling in most. Where's the fun in starting a show at the end?