PS5
Unicorn Overlord
PS5 Details
- Native PS5 application
- Yes
Details
- Genre
- Release Date
- March 8, 2024
- Metacritic Score
- 87
Reviews
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Good
- Deep and layered experience
- Traditional medieval fantasy setting
- Plot moves at a brisk pace
- Alain's character allows flexibility in the story
- The vast array of unique characters
- Open map with variety of objectives
- Non-linear conflicts for smoother gameplay
- Dynamic action in battles
- Intricate battle system allows player expression
- Mock battles for practice
- No permadeath in base game
- Range of unique characters
- Small side stories add depth
- Gorgeous art style and detail
- Soundtrack adds to the experience
Bad
- Game theme and setting is not unique
- A lack of guide for battle system for beginners
- Permadeath is locked behind hardest difficulty
Good
- Vanillaware's great track record
- Strategy RPG that takes inspiration from classic games
- Art style is trademark Vanillaware and modernised
- World of medieval fantasy adds an old school feel
- Over 60 recruitable heroes
- Addictive process of recruiting new allies
- Genuinely engrossing party management aspect
- Unique unit system and endless combinations
- Learning curve is largely a thing of beauty
- Battles can be paused at any moment
- Ability to prepare for battles emphasized
- Customisable unit strengths and weaknesses
- Fast-forward and skip options available for longer fights
- Large overworld map to traverse
- Gorgeous release with fantastic art direction
- Best example of strategy RPG genre played in years
Bad
- Plot doesn't quite weigh up to the rest of the package
- Flat princely protagonist
- Storytelling is largely dry and serious
- Longer fights can be tedious for less patient players
- Overworld map isn't completely open
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Standard Edition
Videos
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Unicorn Overlord - Launch Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games
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Unicorn Overlord - Josef's Guide to Combat | PS5 & PS4 Games
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Unicorn Overlord - Demo Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games
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Unicorn Overlord - Josef's Guide to Development | PS5 & PS4 Games
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Unicorn Overlord - Josef’s Guide to Interaction | PS5 & PS4 Games
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Unicorn Overlord - Josef's Guide To Exploration | PS5 & PS4 Games
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