Hands On Unicorn Overlord Has the Potential to Be One of 2024s Best RPGs
Vanillaware doesn't miss.
Look, at this point, we're automatically sold on anything Vanillaware does. The Japanese studio has an incredible track record stretching back to the PS2, and although it's an eternity away from being the most well-known developer in the world, there's simply no denying the quality of its output — especially in recent years.
There was a time when Vanillaware felt like it had peaked with Dragon's Crown — the sumptuous action RPG that first released on PS3. But in 2020, the studio demolished that theory with the borderline masterpiece that is 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. And the most impressive thing about that game? It was the developer trying its hand at something almost completely new. A far cry from the fantastical dungeon crawling of Dragon's Crown, 13 Sentinels is a branching sci-fi visual novel with real-time strategy combat sections, featuring giant robots.
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