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It is an almost frighteningly spot-on distillation of what makes me tick.
Let me be clear: Unicorn Overlord is not 240 hours long.
I don’t even have the platinum trophy for this game, nor will I ever get it.
There’s a rock-paper-scissors balancing to many units, not unlike the Fire Emblem weapon triangle.
If I could give one tip, it would be this: use shamans.
This gives you time to reprogram or rearrange units, or use items to improve your odds.
This preparatory phase is where most of my 240 hours went.
Arithmetic in particular just activates my neurons.
Who needs caffeine or nicotine when strategy RPGs areright there?
Unicorn Overlord is a beautiful web of systems interacting beautifully.
It encourages perfection through problem-solving.
Don’t just win.
Beat squads twice your level.
Lose no units, take no damage, expend no consumables.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
And when you spend 240 hours in a game, it helps that it looks and sounds incredible.
The spellbinding detail that Vanillaware is known for drips off of Unicorn Overlord.
Every inch is lush and extravagant.
I will never get tired of watching my units attack.
While the main storyline is thin and predictable, Unicorn Overlord is a fantastic story generator too.
It seemed wrong to break them up.
