Unicorn Overlord is an amazing strategy RPG that shines with its gameplay, art style and writing.
The gameplay is the star of this game. You get up to 10 groups with 5 characters each. The units reach from infantry to cavalry - mages and archers - wyvern riders and shamans. The variety is absolutely insane and you can switch and change those up as you want. For each character you can set Gambits - when to use what ability under which condition, for active and passive skills. When attacking an enemy army, those play out in an auto battle form.
The gambit system is so deep and so much fun that you can experiment and change things up for hours. Problems in a fight? Rearrange your units, change the gambits and attacks and the outcome will be in your favour. You also have the Valor system - skills you can use out of battle to increase your attack, your EXP, do damage before the fight or special movement skills like teleport - plus hundreds of items that can be used before a batte starts.
There is an open world that you can travel around in, with multiple towns and cities that you can rebuild to get rewards. Main and side missions are on the map and will be played out on parts of the map. None of the missions are too long, all of them are crafted beautifully and each one offers different ways to tackle it due to the map design.
The art style is absolutely fantastic, every character has so much charm to them and the animations are beautiful. The music is also great and ranges from peaceful overworld tunes to great battle music.
The weakest part is the story. It is not bad, however it clearly is just the frame for the gameplay itself. You play as Alaine, the prince that got robbed of his homeland, trying to claim it back from the evil forces. Very basic, no big twist and turns, straight forward story that is still fun to follow due to the great writing and localization.
Same applies for the characters. In my 70h playthrough I got 50+ characters that all have their small, great stories + bonding events between most of them. But a lot of them fall flat because there are just too many characters for the time you have with them.
Overall Unicorn Overlord has become my favourite SRPG and I highly recommend it for every fan of the genre and anyone who wants to try a SRPG for the first time as it is super beginner friendly aswell!
The gameplay is the star of this game. You get up to 10 groups with 5 characters each. The units reach from infantry to cavalry - mages and archers - wyvern riders and shamans. The variety is absolutely insane and you can switch and change those up as you want. For each character you can set Gambits - when to use what ability under which condition, for active and passive skills. When attacking an enemy army, those play out in an auto battle form.
The gambit system is so deep and so much fun that you can experiment and change things up for hours. Problems in a fight? Rearrange your units, change the gambits and attacks and the outcome will be in your favour. You also have the Valor system - skills you can use out of battle to increase your attack, your EXP, do damage before the fight or special movement skills like teleport - plus hundreds of items that can be used before a batte starts.
There is an open world that you can travel around in, with multiple towns and cities that you can rebuild to get rewards. Main and side missions are on the map and will be played out on parts of the map. None of the missions are too long, all of them are crafted beautifully and each one offers different ways to tackle it due to the map design.
The art style is absolutely fantastic, every character has so much charm to them and the animations are beautiful. The music is also great and ranges from peaceful overworld tunes to great battle music.
The weakest part is the story. It is not bad, however it clearly is just the frame for the gameplay itself. You play as Alaine, the prince that got robbed of his homeland, trying to claim it back from the evil forces. Very basic, no big twist and turns, straight forward story that is still fun to follow due to the great writing and localization.
Same applies for the characters. In my 70h playthrough I got 50+ characters that all have their small, great stories + bonding events between most of them. But a lot of them fall flat because there are just too many characters for the time you have with them.
Overall Unicorn Overlord has become my favourite SRPG and I highly recommend it for every fan of the genre and anyone who wants to try a SRPG for the first time as it is super beginner friendly aswell!