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Unicorn Overlord review - endless options propel this strategy RPG to epic heights

Eurogamer's review of Unicorn Overlord, a staggeringly deep RPG where assembling units is a joy.

Vanillaware's beautiful art brings to life a staggeringly deep strategy RPG where building units is just as fun as orchestrating battles.Building an ideal party is one of my favourite things to do in any roleplaying game where the cast size matches a Wes Anderson flick - purely because, in the good ones, there's no right answer. Unicorn Overlord plays with overfamiliar tropes throughout its entire 50-ish hour runtime (there's a lot of side stuff to dig into, by the way), though that didn't really bother me because - with over 60 unique characters plus ones that you can create and "hire" yourself - the game shines when it's dishing out piecemeal vignettes that slowly contextualise its world. You see, the resistance starts with orphaned prince Alain and his small crew of friends, before quickly ballooning into a dense army that welcomes new additions after every big battle across its explorable map, pulling criminals, noblemen, clerics, long lost cousins and, err, bird-thing-people into your ranks constantly.

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