Unicorn Overlord - Tactical RPG by Vanillaware

[Saark]

Codex as a whole maybe, but trusted posters? No place has the deets on stuff like this place stuff, especially when it comes to subjective judgment. The people who actually come here for game discussion and post in niche game threads are the GOATs. It's the sole reason I still come here.

Fair enough. It's still the only place I come to for information and opinions as well, I've just grown more cynical and jaded over the years as the place has become a bigger refuge for shitposters like Andhaira or Wyrmlord than it's ever been. At least both of these still had actual opinions on games.

Yeah the fight preview is a little controversial. Perhaps the highest difficulty should have had it turned off?

I think so as well. While I think the fight preview basically removes the need for save-scumming, you typically just avoid fights entirely if you were to take any damage from it, until you get enough healing and resurrection spells that you can just not care about it. But even a single lost unit makes most squads unable to fight properly in the early and mid-game, so avoiding damage altogether is paramount early on, and the preview lets you do just that. The caveat to removing it would be that I think most of the game would have to be redesigned in terms of balancing if the battle preview didn't exist. While you could simply drag out most missions whenever you lost a unit, in a game that is already an easy 50-80hrs of playing it might end up feeling tedious instead of challenging. Most fights would end up becoming battles of attrition with multiple rounds of combat, simply to minimize loss of HP.

 

[Grunker]

Codex as a whole maybe, but trusted posters? No place has the deets on stuff like this place stuff, especially when it comes to subjective judgment. The people who actually come here for game discussion and post in niche game threads are the GOATs. It's the sole reason I still come here.

Fair enough. It's still the only place I come to for information and opinions as well, I've just grown more cynical and jaded over the years as the place has become a bigger refuge for shitposters like Andhaira or Wyrmlord than it's ever been. At least both of these still had actual opinions on games.

Completely agree.

 

[Tehdagah]

 

[wolfbane]

All RNG results are predetermined the moment you engage a fight

It’s very similar to Fire Emblem in this regard. There’s some degree of RNG, but the combat preview is always accurate (when you’re actually about to fight) in UO, while only being pretty accurate in Fire Emblem.

Fire Emblem is less reliant on RNG in general, compared to say D&D games, but a big part of the strategy is trying to boost your crit chance through various means (Killer weapons, increasing your luck stat, etc)

Unicorn Overlord lets you have a bit more control because it has many more equipment slots, and you can stack more crit boosting stuff there. Crits are also less meaningful in this game, I’d say.

 

[Abu Antar]

I platinumed the game today, at 60 hours. For me, it's an 8.5/10 game. I do wish that more missions were like the one in the post-game, though. The final fight was fun, and I was not prepared for the final boss gimmick. I had to git gud on that one. It wasn't a problem once I optimized my focused boss unit, and gave them proper equipment, though. I like that some fights where results showed your unit was going to get beaten could be totally different if you mucked around with unit placement, and what moves to use. I stuck with the first units that I got, and once they were full, I didn't even touch what I presume are better characters. Not many bestrals and angels in my team. I saw that there is a fight you can do after doing the post game mission. I beat here, and she shows up on several other locations on the map. Are the fights exactly the same, and do you get anything for fighting her multiple times?

 

[Reinhardt]

I stuck with the first units that I got

same as me

 

[Reinhardt]

I beat here, and she shows up on several other locations on the map. Are the fights exactly the same, and do you get anything for fighting her multiple times?

no, she fields full party of regional units in each region. rewards are dews.

 

[Yosharian]

Elves are way stronger than Angels or Bestrals I think

 

[Jaedar]

Elves are way stronger than Angels or Bestrals I think

What little I saw of bestrals did not impress me, but Ochlys is hella gud as an evasion tank. No idea if it's just her or if there are more angels like that.

 

[rashiakas]

wyverns / gryphons are way better then ochlys tho, bc they also deal damage

 

[Abu Antar]

The only bestrals I used were Bertrand and Ramona.

My main crew was Alain, Travis, Aubin, Adel, and then I'd swap healers.

 

[Reinhardt]

why adel and not clive? clive is earlier!

 

[Abu Antar]

why adel and not clive? clive is earlier!

I liked Clive, but I put him in a unit that was lacking, and he was one of two people carrying that unit.

 

[wolfbane]

Clive with a magic spear can solo many units

 

[Reinhardt]

why adel and not clive? clive is earlier!

I liked Clive, but I put him in a unit that was lacking, and he was one of two people carrying that unit.

i hope at least in monica unit?

 

[Abu Antar]

why adel and not clive? clive is earlier!

I liked Clive, but I put him in a unit that was lacking, and he was one of two people carrying that unit.

i hope at least in monica unit?

Idk, I'll take a look at them later. Disc is still in the console.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

wyverns / gryphons are way better then ochlys tho, bc they also deal damage

Wyvern-riders and gryphon-riders need someone in the front rank to bear the brunt of attacks; Ochlys is quite effective at providing that defensive capability, with some support and offense as well.

What little I saw of bestrals did not impress me, but Ochlys is hella gud as an evasion tank. No idea if it's just her or if there are more angels like that.

There's a second recruitable feathersword character in the England Albion region, as well as members of three new angel classes.

 

[Reinhardt]

Wyvern-riders and gryphon-riders need someone in the front rank to bear the brunt of attacks

they are not. in my girl playthrough two named and one generic gryphon girls spend all game at frontline in their own squad. occasionally one of them died but overall they were fine.

 

[rashiakas]

Exactly

 

[Abu Antar]

Posted four of my units. Too lazy to photo them all. This is post game, so not the levels that I faced the final boss.

Travis was set up to be the one to deal with barriers with his multiple attacks. Adel shone with his attacks. Everyone could guard or evade.

Melisandre was my second barrier disabler.

Good defensive unit.

Ochlys was a beast, and so were Gloucester with his magical weapon. Mordon is the closest thing to a dwarf, and was my favorite character by default. This unit was unkillable.

Pyrite Pachyderm fixed the images.

 

[Reinhardt]

you have an elf in your army.

 

[Abu Antar]

Several, actually. I'm sorry.

 

[Grampy_Bone]

So, you guys do mixed units or specialized (all fliers, all mages, etc)?

 

[Reinhardt]

mixed

 

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

Might be a while before we see this new game.

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