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That’s the sensation that emerges as you play Unicorn Overlord, Vanillaware’s vast fantasy adventure of tactics, strategy, and storytelling. I was consistently reminded of other systems and mechanics from prior genre releases, but the resulting combination felt consistently original and entertaining, even after many hours of battle and exploration.","2025-03-26T07:57:24.61583-04:00",{"id":567,"logo":580,"name":581,"slug":582,"tags":19,"bluesky":19,"twitter":583,"youtube":584,"facebook":585,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":586,"website_url":587,"score_format":45,"average_score":46,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":588,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":84,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":19,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fgameinformer.jpg","Game Informer","gameinformer","GameInformer","@gameinformer","officialgameinformer","Over 30 years celebrating the best of games in print and online.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gameinformer.com\u002F","Minneapolis",{"id":590,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":591,"author":592,"original_score":597,"normalized_score":505,"review_url":598,"review_date":10,"summary":599,"created_at":600,"updated_at":600,"author_id":593,"last_edited_at":396,"outlet":601},18108,12,{"id":593,"bio":19,"name":594,"avg_score":213,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":595,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":596,"claim_token":19,"article_count":234,"claimed_by_user_id":19},1998,"George Yang","2024-12-02T07:56:42.21597-05:00","2026-07-16T00:20:40.779095-04:00","4.0","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.digitaltrends.com\u002Fgaming\u002Funicorn-overlord-review-ps5\u002F","“Unicorn Overlord is the strategy RPG fans of the genre have been waiting for.”","2024-12-02T08:22:08.248353-05:00",{"id":591,"logo":602,"name":603,"slug":604,"tags":324,"bluesky":605,"twitter":606,"youtube":607,"facebook":608,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":609,"website_url":610,"score_format":113,"average_score":611,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":612,"news_editor_email":613,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":84,"reviews_editor_email":613,"editor_in_chief_email":614,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FDigital-Trends-Logo.jpg","Digital Trends","digital-trends","digital-trends.bsky.social","digitaltrends","UC8wXC0ZCfGt3HaVLy_fdTQw","DigitalTrends","Tech for the way we live.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.digitaltrends.com",72,"Portland","gcolantonio@digitaltrends.com","nick@digitaltrends.com",{"id":616,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":114,"author":617,"original_score":62,"normalized_score":63,"review_url":624,"review_date":10,"summary":625,"created_at":626,"updated_at":626,"author_id":618,"last_edited_at":626,"outlet":627},75645,{"id":618,"bio":19,"name":619,"avg_score":620,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":621,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":622,"claim_token":19,"article_count":623,"claimed_by_user_id":19},5797,"TJ Denzer",80.08771929824562,"2025-02-08T08:46:05.743273-05:00","2026-08-13T10:47:29.801509-04:00",172,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shacknews.com\u002Farticle\u002F139042\u002Funicorn-overlord-review-score","Unicorn Overlord might be my favorite game so far this year. I loved Ogre Battle back in the day. March of the Black Queen is one of my favorite old-school games. I never would have expected Vanillaware to capture that feeling so thoroughly and even add its own twists to make it all the better, but here we are. You get from this game what you give, and it constantly rewards you handsomely for overcoming its challenges. Between great tactical gameplay, a massive and robust cast of voiced characters, a beautiful soundtrack and art style, and a great story, this is a game no fan of tactics RPGs should skip.","2025-02-08T09:06:10.939407-05:00",{"id":114,"logo":628,"name":629,"slug":630,"tags":631,"bluesky":19,"twitter":630,"youtube":632,"facebook":630,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":633,"website_url":634,"score_format":45,"average_score":194,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":635,"news_editor_email":636,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":84,"reviews_editor_email":637,"editor_in_chief_email":638,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FShackNews-Logo.jpg","ShackNews","shacknews","[  \n  'corporate_owned',\n  'online_media',\n  'ingestion_pending'\n  ]","Shacknewsgames","Gaming News on the Cutting Edge of Technology.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shacknews.com\u002F","Canton, OH","tj.denzer@shacknews.com","bill.lavoy@shacknews.com","asif.khan@shacknews.com",{"id":640,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":503,"author":641,"original_score":648,"normalized_score":505,"review_url":649,"review_date":650,"summary":651,"created_at":652,"updated_at":652,"author_id":642,"last_edited_at":652,"outlet":653},60845,{"id":642,"bio":19,"name":643,"avg_score":644,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":645,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":646,"claim_token":19,"article_count":647,"claimed_by_user_id":19},4961,"GameCentral",68.54779411764706,"2025-01-26T16:02:55.860502-05:00","2026-08-16T12:06:31.845312-04:00",547,"8","https:\u002F\u002Fmetro.co.uk\u002F2024\u002F03\u002F07\u002Funicorn-overlord-review-strategy-rhapsody-20421200\u002F","2024-03-07","A wonderfully weird console strategy game that’s inspired by the past but forges its own very distinct legend, with beautiful visuals and deep but accessible gameplay.","2025-01-26T16:24:28.751703-05:00",{"id":503,"logo":654,"name":655,"slug":656,"tags":324,"bluesky":19,"twitter":643,"youtube":657,"facebook":658,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":659,"website_url":660,"score_format":45,"average_score":30,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":19,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGameCentral-Logo.jpg","Metro GameCentral","metro-gamecentral","@GameCentralMetro","GamecentralMetro","The home of Metro's gaming news, features and reviews!","https:\u002F\u002Fmetro.co.uk\u002Fentertainment\u002Fgaming\u002F",{"id":662,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":663,"author":664,"original_score":154,"normalized_score":63,"review_url":670,"review_date":650,"summary":671,"created_at":672,"updated_at":672,"author_id":665,"last_edited_at":672,"outlet":673},58819,81,{"id":665,"bio":19,"name":666,"avg_score":667,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":668,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":669,"claim_token":19,"article_count":474,"claimed_by_user_id":19},4029,"Cody Gravelle",74.8,"2025-01-18T12:30:13.038938-05:00","2025-07-08T18:36:28.899756-04:00","https:\u002F\u002Fscreenrant.com\u002F\u002Funicorn-overlord-switch-review\u002F","If there's one major knock against Unicorn Overlord, it's that its story and characters are just a bit below what I'd expect from the same studio that produced 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. 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The witch who is older than she looks, the princess who wants to be a warrior, the rogue with a heart of gold; they're all here, and they don't really have any twists, either.","2025-01-26T13:21:41.725874-05:00",{"id":663,"logo":674,"name":675,"slug":676,"tags":324,"bluesky":19,"twitter":677,"youtube":678,"facebook":677,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":679,"website_url":680,"score_format":45,"average_score":194,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":681,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FScreen-Rant-Logo.jpg","Screen Rant","screen-rant","screenrant","@ScreenRant","Screen Rant has grown into the largest source of breaking entertainment news and original features for movies, TV, comics, anime & gaming since 2003.","https:\u002F\u002Fscreenrant.com\u002F","editorial@screenrant.com",{"id":683,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":684,"author":685,"original_score":691,"normalized_score":505,"review_url":692,"review_date":650,"summary":693,"created_at":694,"updated_at":694,"author_id":686,"last_edited_at":694,"outlet":695},51778,43,{"id":686,"bio":19,"name":687,"avg_score":688,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":689,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":690,"claim_token":19,"article_count":526,"claimed_by_user_id":19},4400,"James Billcliffe",73.33333333333333,"2025-01-23T08:29:16.624942-05:00","2026-06-18T17:44:46.378682-04:00","4.0\u002F5","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vg247.com\u002Funicorn-overlord-review","VanillaWare returns from the success of Aegis Rim: 13 Sentinels to deliver a toybox of action figures, with the strategic depth of chess.","2025-01-23T08:36:06.764902-05:00",{"id":684,"logo":696,"name":697,"slug":698,"tags":324,"bluesky":699,"twitter":698,"youtube":700,"facebook":697,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":701,"website_url":702,"score_format":113,"average_score":194,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":703,"news_editor_email":704,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":442,"reviews_editor_email":704,"editor_in_chief_email":704,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FVG247%20Logo.jpg","VG247","vg247","vg247.bsky.social","MrVg247","Eurogamer's red-headed stepbrother. Your maximum-nonsense destination for the biggest gaming news, guides, and features.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vg247.com\u002F","London","dom.peppiatt@vg247.com",{"id":706,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":327,"author":707,"original_score":224,"normalized_score":63,"review_url":714,"review_date":650,"summary":715,"created_at":716,"updated_at":716,"author_id":708,"last_edited_at":716,"outlet":717},64738,{"id":708,"bio":19,"name":709,"avg_score":710,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":711,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":712,"claim_token":19,"article_count":713,"claimed_by_user_id":19},5002,"James Kennedy",76.15384615384616,"2025-01-27T07:19:32.016737-05:00","2025-05-14T17:11:49.050584-04:00",13,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thegamer.com\u002Funicorn-overlord-review\u002F","Unicorn Overlord is Vanillaware's new Tactical RPG which pairs excellent graphics with enthralling gameplay.","2025-01-27T07:26:08.881619-05:00",{"id":327,"logo":718,"name":719,"slug":720,"tags":721,"bluesky":19,"twitter":722,"youtube":723,"facebook":724,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":725,"website_url":726,"score_format":113,"average_score":234,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":727,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FTheGamer-Logo.png","TheGamer","thegamer","[  \n  'corporate_owned',\n  'women_led',\n  'online_media'\n  ]","thegamerwebsite","@TheGamerVideos","thegamercom","TheGamer is a digital publication founded in 2017. Our gaming experts specialize in creating in-depth game guides, breaking gaming news, and opinion pieces.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thegamer.com\u002F","editorial@thegamer.com",{"id":729,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":414,"author":730,"original_score":736,"normalized_score":505,"review_url":737,"review_date":650,"summary":738,"created_at":739,"updated_at":739,"author_id":731,"last_edited_at":739,"outlet":740},37746,{"id":731,"bio":19,"name":732,"avg_score":733,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":734,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":735,"claim_token":19,"article_count":197,"claimed_by_user_id":19},3642,"James Paley",75.96835443037975,"2025-01-15T13:14:36.827593-05:00","2026-08-12T17:01:07.837917-04:00","80","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com\u002Freview\u002Funicorn-overlord-review\u002F","Strategy RPGs are not normally known for innovation. To be clear, there’s nothing wrong with slowly building on an established formula. Plenty of franchises do an amazing job making tiny changes to winning ideas. This just means that unusual new games land with that much more impact. Unicorn Overlord feels familiar and brand new all at the same time. I was simply not prepared for this kind of approachable complexity in a strategy RPG. These are new depths we’re exploring, make no mistake.","2025-01-15T13:38:23.382438-05:00",{"id":414,"logo":741,"name":742,"slug":743,"tags":401,"bluesky":744,"twitter":745,"youtube":746,"facebook":745,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":747,"website_url":748,"score_format":354,"average_score":407,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":749,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":750,"reviews_editor_email":749,"editor_in_chief_email":749,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fcog-connected-logo.png","COGConnected","cogconnected","","COGconnected","GameCanadian","COGconnected is your source for PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, Nintendo Switch video games with News, Reviews, Videos, Cosplays and Top Lists.","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com","trevor@cogconnected.com","Canada",{"id":752,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":562,"author":753,"original_score":154,"normalized_score":63,"review_url":759,"review_date":650,"summary":760,"created_at":761,"updated_at":761,"author_id":754,"last_edited_at":762,"outlet":763},86512,{"id":754,"bio":19,"name":755,"avg_score":756,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":757,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":758,"claim_token":19,"article_count":223,"claimed_by_user_id":19},6887,"Renan Fontes",88.33333333333333,"2025-02-28T18:26:48.439157-05:00","2025-10-29T11:07:09.36284-04:00","https:\u002F\u002Fcbr.com\u002Funicorn-overlord-switch-review\u002F","From the creators of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Unicorn Overlord shines in combining overworld exploration and an innovative battle system in the iconic Vanillaware style. Traverse the vibrant world, cultivate a grand army with over 60 uniquely designed characters, and grow your renown throughout the five nations in this unique epic fantasy experience!","2025-02-28T18:27:07.710674-05:00","2025-02-28T18:45:36.207927-05:00",{"id":562,"logo":764,"name":765,"slug":766,"tags":631,"bluesky":19,"twitter":766,"youtube":767,"facebook":768,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":769,"website_url":770,"score_format":45,"average_score":771,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":772,"stats_updated_at":773,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":774,"active_authors_count":774,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":19,"published_authors_count":775,"published_reviews_count":776},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FCBR-logo.jpg","CBR","cbr","@cbr","CBROfficialPage","Covering comics, movies, TV like no other in the world. CBR.com is all you need!","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cbr.com",84,"2025-07-12","2025-07-16T12:01:03.292243",1,29,98,{"id":778,"game_id":5,"outlet_id":779,"author":780,"original_score":154,"normalized_score":63,"review_url":787,"review_date":650,"summary":788,"created_at":789,"updated_at":789,"author_id":781,"last_edited_at":789,"outlet":790},87078,60,{"id":781,"bio":19,"name":782,"avg_score":783,"outlet_id":19,"created_at":784,"profile_id":19,"updated_at":785,"claim_token":19,"article_count":786,"claimed_by_user_id":19},7002,"Robin Bea",74.5,"2025-02-28T21:16:30.239616-05:00","2025-07-08T18:51:39.369807-04:00",20,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.inverse.com\u002Fgaming\u002Funicorn-overlord-review","Unicorn Overlord’s story may not have thrilled me, but I still can’t recommend it highly enough to strategy fans. Every time I found myself longing for more character depth or a less predictable story, those critiques were washed away by the next hour-long battle pushing my strategic abilities to their limit. It’s hard to focus on shallow character dynamics when every brain cell is focused on developing the perfect set of tactics to pull off a clutch victory, after all. The sheer joy of leading your army to victory through nothing but clever planning is hard to overstate, and I’m convinced it will make Unicorn Overlord a new classic of the strategy genre in years to come.","2025-03-01T11:58:38.48505-05:00",{"id":779,"logo":791,"name":792,"slug":793,"tags":631,"bluesky":19,"twitter":794,"youtube":793,"facebook":793,"mastodon":19,"muckrack":19,"claimed_at":19,"description":795,"website_url":796,"score_format":45,"average_score":194,"default_timezone":47,"last_review_date":19,"stats_updated_at":48,"headquarters_city":19,"news_editor_email":19,"platforms_covered":19,"claimed_by_user_id":19,"reviews_this_month":17,"active_authors_count":17,"headquarters_country":19,"reviews_editor_email":19,"editor_in_chief_email":19,"published_authors_count":17,"published_reviews_count":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Finverse-logo.jpg","Inverse","inverse","inversedotcom","Inverse is for the superfan in all of us. 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