We mentioned it in our test: among the most visible inspirations for the creation ofUnicorn Overlord, Ogre Battle appears to be the most obvious. Savvy, journalist Ryan Thomas Bamsey did not fail to highlight the comparison, pushing Yamamoto to clarify a little more on this subject: “ Unicorn Overlord was created by people impressed by the simulation RPGs of 30 years ago, who longed to one day be able to create such works. The game respects these SPRGs, but goes back a little further than their origins and stands out by establishing itself more as a war game “. The opportunity also to pay homage to the RTS genre, “ which did not take root in the Japanese video game market and ceased to exist in the 90s, unearthed since the early 2000s “.
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The completion of a life
After having addressed the question of the mechanics of relationships between characters (all in all relatively superficial in the final game, let's admit it), Yamamoto describes in detail the content originally planned for the game, then deleted after reflection. So, ” troubadours with musical instruments, dancers supporting other team members and musketeers wielding musket rifles » are classes that were considered for a time by the development team, then removed. Despite this, the latter has very few regrets regarding the final product, Unicorn Overlord being ” the ideal to which we have dedicated our lives “. What if I had to cite one regret? That of not having visually implemented cracks and fissures on the units' armor while they take damage.
Then obviously comes an obligatory question: what about the future for Unicorn Overlord ? Can we plan a DLC? Anyone familiar with Vanillaware knows that the studio has never fallen into this practice. Additional content has sometimes been added to certain games, but during a port to a more modern console or a remake (as was the case for Odin Sphere with its version Leifthrasir or GrimGrimoire with Once More). Unsurprisingly, Vaniallaware's policy will not change for Unicorn Overlord : “ We've achieved everything we set out to do, so there are currently no plans to create additional DLC for this title “. As we will have understood, the potential additional content for this game will perhaps arrive within a few years, during a port to PC, or a remake/remaster on a console not yet announced for release. current time, as is now tradition for the studio.