Game news What if one of the best RPGs of the year had just been released? Unicorn Overlord really has potential!
Copy of Fire Emblem, or new headliner of the RPG, Unicron Overlord is becoming more and more talked about. Released a few days ago, Vanillaware’s new game keeps all its promises, we tell you about it in our JV Fast.
In preparation for years now, Unicorn Overlord was talked about again during the Nintendo Direct on February 21. With the release of its demo, we were able to taste this new tactical RPG which brings complexity and novelty to the genre. Released a week ago now on PS5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch, Unicorn Overlord revealed all its secrets to us, and there are a lot of them. We explain everything we know about this little gem in our JV Fast.
What is Unicorn Overlord?
In preparation since 2014, Unicorn Overlord experienced some problems regarding its development. A project launched after the critical success of Dragon’s Crown (2013), the title had to be postponed numerous times due to the release of several Vanillaware video games, including the very popular 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. But after many adventures, here he is finally. The title is in line with Fire Emblem, but it really manages to free itself from this simple comparison. It offers combat gameplay divided between real-time strategy and turn-based tactics where the player must move his different units, each made up of a maximum of 5 characters, on the ground, in order to achieve the objectives. . The goal is therefore to overcome your enemies by using all the strategies available and to liberate the occupied areas of the kingdom of Fevrith. Unicorn Overlord is an extremely complete title, which Charlan gives us the pleasure of commenting on in our JV Fast.
A combat system pushed to the extreme
As said in the JV Fast, Unicorn Overlord is totally in the vein of Vanillaware. This studio has always known how to reinvent itself and all their games are examples of investment and renewal. And for the studio’s first in the real-time strategy genre sprinkled with turn-based, we can say that they didn’t miss out. Although, as Charlan explains, the story is not the most sensational, the game totally stands out for the gameplay offered in very dense combat. Obviously, the resemblance to Fire Emblem is obvious at first glance, and must surely help fans of the license enter the universe of Unicorn Overlord. But Vanillaware’s baby isn’t just about that and goes much further into combat strategies. A lot of information is displayed on the screen and a newbie to the genre is likely to be confused. If Fire Emblem is the gateway to tactical role-playing, Unicorn Overlord is the main room.