The problem for me is that all this does is make for a poorly set-up story. Even if you're right that it's preferable to get through the backstory quickly, there are better ways of going about it that we've seen in other stories. And the setting of Unicorn Overlord has a lot of background information on nations and characters that would make for a much more compelling story if the introduction had been handled better.
I'm willing to forgive the super quick intro simply because it's all just an absurdly thinly veiled homage to the first Fire Emblem, since it's almost 1 to 1.
I've always thought, man Alain looks like a Marth architype (I've only seen the first trailer) and then I laughed at the first couple of lines spoken. I love it.
Yeah it’s not like ‘Prince is betrayed and goes on campaign to win country back by adding an army of varied units to his handful of loyal retainers!’ is a groundbreaking setup in SRPGs
That's probably fair that it could've been handled a bit better or with more frontloaded intrigue. I guess I just personally prefer getting right into the very compelling action and mixing the story stuff in as you go along
Try Cool Shop if you're in the UK - I've used them occasionally with no issue and they had Unicorn Overlord below £40 the other day. Trust Pilot gives them good reviews, too. I might end up preordering from there despite The Pile...
I wouldnt worry too much, even 13 Sentinels is still easily available
I'm not too sure on how involved Atlus is with this title, but I have read that they helped with past Vanillaware collaborations. In particular Dragon's Crown, where after Ignition dropped the project Atlus had several staff help oversee development when they picked it up.
Agreed. I was just curious as all I found (albeit through a very brief and superficial search) is that Atlus are the ones handling publishing duties. Of course we'll see once credits are out but to me it feels like VW is doing the vast majority of the work as per usual.
I'd imagine it's similar to how Nintendo collaborate with third parties like MercurySteam where Nintendo just oversees everything and makes sure the project stays on schedule/budget while the main work is done by the developer, but as you posted we'll have a clearer picture once we get the credits.
I just wanna point out this has been a thing since at least 1993 with Ogre Battle.
This!!! I caught some of you that haven't tried 13 Sentinels. Please give it a chance!!! It is just gorgeous with awesome plot!
Some of these users need to go on a seaside vacation
Seriously, it's a love letter to everything, sci-fi,time travel , dimension hopping, Kaiju and Mecha, has fun characters and looks beautiful.
13 Sentinels actually has a much greater story focus compared to what i've seen of Unicorn Overlord. Like sure every few story sequences the game blocks you from progressing if you don't do the strategy battles, but I really liked going back and forth and I think I actually S-Ranked every story mission on hard.
13 Sentinels isn’t hard to get into at all.
I did look at CoolShop, thanks for the link. That price is good (£38) but they’ve now put up ‘Unfortunately, due to high demand, we cannot guarantee delivery of all pre-orders for release. The item will be available after the release date.’ Which makes me think they’ve been flooded with orders and I’d likely be waiting for them to restock…
Curry's sometimes do 10% or even 20% off of preorders, so worth keeping an eye on. The other site I'd check is Hit (formerly Base), which is a smaller place which doesn't always get as much traction as other places and so is sometimes cheaper.
Fun story, I rented Ogre Battle 64 from my local rental shop so many times they let me keep it!
Pricespy listed Gamesold Seperately selling for £37.85I did look at CoolShop, thanks for the link. That price is good (£38) but they’ve now put up ‘Unfortunately, due to high demand, we cannot guarantee delivery of all pre-orders for release. The item will be available after the release date.’ Which makes me think they’ve been flooded with orders and I’d likely be waiting for them to restock…
Curry’s did really well for cheap Switch games last year, but even they are only doing £49.50 delivered on this one. I shall keep shopping around for now…
Hit.co.uk (used to be Base.co.uk) have it at £42.85
£55 on the eshop is a lot
gamesoldseparately.co.uk
Nice spot!Pricespy listed Gamesold Seperately selling for £37.85
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Never bought from them myself though.
uk.trustpilot.com
I’ve often noticed that niche stuff by Atlus, Falcom etc costs that extra £5. I guess they think the fan bases are small and front-loaded and happy to pay whatever
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