We Need To Talk About Unicorn Overlord

Released today on PS4, PS5, Switch and Xbox Consoles, let's talk about a very unique and interesting JRPG developed by Vanillaware. This is my review.
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[CarbonMalite]

Played the Demo twice to completion! The game feels great, the battleflow is often as slow or as fast as it needs to be. Some units can feel broken, but you always have a counter.

Example: There's this time-challenge where there's a group of gladiators with 70 HP and heal 30 after being hit AND they're backed up by shamans that reduce your offense. It feels impossible, until you realize that a certain ability completely counters this strategy. It's honestly genius given it's pretty early that you encounter this enemy.

[Constellasian]

I love this game. Auto-battle is straight up old school Ogre Battle games. Sure, Ogre Battle was sort of a niche series during the 16-bit era, but games like this have become rare in modern times. Especially games with a larger budget and wasn't made by an indie dev.

[David_Alvarez]

Erick, you are like 10 minutes from 100k subscribers. I remember when I subscribed, you had maybe 10k. Good stuff man.

[Evanz]

Congrats on 100k subs! Been following your channel for a while, awesome to see you finally hit a play button milestone!

[RoboBoddicker]

I got 13 Sentinels on your recommendation and I loved it. Gonna grab this one too. Don't let me down Erick!

[stuartcid]

Congratulations for 100k subscribers, Landon. You deserve even more!!! High quality short and complete reviews.

[manamaster]

The game allows for different strategies to help win a battle, there is one during the demo in which the characters tell you that without a Magick user, defeating the hoplites would be very difficult, so I kept exploring, found a sellsword named Berenice, completed her sidequest that enabled a fort to be open, there I could recruit a warrior with a warhammer that is strong against heavyarmored units and with that plus a shaman that debuffed the enemies, I was able to conquer that fortified town in under 10 minutes and without having a Magick user.

[lrd]

100k . Congrats man!!.
Congrats to vanilla ware also, game looks fantastic

[PM-xcoo]

It is really nice to see a SRPG in the vein of Ogre Battle/Soul Nomad (which doesn't get nearly enough appreciation) as opposed to the more typical Final Fantasy Tactics style. And the demo for this is seriously excellent if you are at all on the fence about the game.

[thaipankatima]

I really want to play this game. The artstyle and story alone look amazing to boot.
It even has a little bit of food porn like many other Atlus games. But alas, I do not possess a Switch or PS5.
I shall wait until it comes... if ever... to the PC.

[travisgeorge]

Grats on 100k!
This game so far, is surprisingly addictive.

[Shiroshiroshirosan]

it took 10 years, but the game simply did not stop evolving as it was getting made. Unicorn Overlord is a masterpiece

[samfrito]

The art and character design make this a must play. Strategy RPG is just the icing on the cake.

[David_Alvarez]

This game looks really fun! I loved Ogre Battle and Ogre Battle 64 and it looks like the people at Vanillaware did as well. When I either finally can afford a PS5 or else the game comes to PC, I will definitely pick this up.

You mentioned Soul Nomad as another game that uses this battle system and I would add that Disciples 1 and 2 on PC also has this system, though it is in combination with an overworld that is like classic Heroes of Might and Magic.

[morcatna]

Love fire emblem so I think I might like this, it’s definitely different but I like strategy games. Can’t wait to try it but I’ll be honest, it does look overwhelming just looking at the menus.

[robertsilvermyst]

I love that you can get into and win areas while being at a heavy level disadvantage. And while I love the gimmick of being able to do things in the over world that have an in-mission effect in Cornia, I don't see that same mechanic anywhere in the other kingdoms. Unless I am missing these things, it's a gimmick I wish the other nations had.

[alandunaway]

Just wished to have more control of the character's actions. Kinda feels like a Scopely clone.

[fantasythinkerfan]

Big congrats on 100K subs homie! You deserve it 💪

[IceKisaragi]

the simple fact is it was worth the wait. I didn't know about it until about a month before it's release, so I wasn't stuck waiting that long, but this games consumed my life the past week or two since it released, and honestly, it's put Vanillaware on the radar for me, 110%. Absolutely Loving this game though.

[teefa]

I just picked up my copy on the way home from work today! Been very excited, though still need to clear off some time since I'm in the middle of other games atm.