Abstract
- Vanillaware presently has no plans for a Unicorn Overlord PC port.
- Writer Atlus beforehand expressed curiosity in a PC model of the sport, however the determination is finally as much as Vanillaware.
A PC port of Unicorn Overlord is not within the pipeline, a senior Vanillaware official has confirmed. The critically acclaimed tactical RPG will therefore stay restricted to consoles for the foreseeable future, maybe perpetually.
Vanillaware traditionally centered on single-platform improvement, making video games for one system at a time. Previous to Unicorn Overlord, the one time it deviated from this sample was with Dragon’s Crown, an motion RPG that the studio launched for each the PS3 and PS Vita in 2013. Unicorn Overlord marked the corporate’s first complete multi-platform launch, concurrently debuting on the PS4, PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and the Nintendo Change in March 2024. However like all Vanillaware video games bar its 2006 debut title Fantasy Earth Zero, the SRPG ended up skipping PC.
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Latest Vanillaware job listings level to the studio shifting on from Unicorn Overlord, however there’s nonetheless loads of uncharted territory for a sequel.
Requested about the potential of a Unicorn Overlord PC port, recreation director Takafumi Noma lately told GamesRadar+ that no such mission is within the works. “We would not have any plans for a PC model presently,” the trade veteran defined. His remark arrived some 9 months after producer Akiyasu Yamamoto additionally stated that the Japanese studio wasn’t planning on bringing the sport to PC. Neither Noma nor Yamamoto went into any particulars on what precisely is stopping a PC model of Unicorn Overlord from materializing.
Unicorn Overlord Writer Needed a PC Port
In a March 2024 interview with Destructoid, Yamamoto defined that Unicorn Overlord writer Atlus would have most popular to have delivered a PC port of the sport. Nevertheless, the ultimate determination was finally as much as Vanillaware. Provided that Unicorn Overlord was in development for 10 years, it is potential that doing yet one more model of the sport would have stretched Vanillaware’s sources too skinny. On the identical time, it isn’t just like the port could not have been dealt with externally, which is a possible possibility when working with an skilled writer the scale of Atlus or its mother or father firm, Sega.
We would not have any plans for a [Unicorn Overlord] PC model presently.
Unicorn Overlord Is Promoting Effectively Even With no PC Port
Skipping PC didn’t cease the critically acclaimed SRPG from promoting nicely. In accordance with the most recent replace from Atlus, Unicorn Overlord surpassed one million sales as of late September 2024, simply over six months following its launch. Even when Vanillaware did not repeatedly dismiss the potential of a PC port, the corporate’s observe document means that the sport’s probabilities of making the leap to PC had been by no means nice to start with. So far, Vanillaware has labored on only one port: the Change model of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, launched in 2022, three years following its PS4 debut.
Though the Japanese studio stays reluctant to carry its titles to PC, Unicorn Overlord‘s multi-console launch at the least means that future Vanillaware titles might now not be platform exclusives. This shift towards multi-platform publishing might be partially attributable to Atlus, which has lately adopted an identical technique with notable success.
Supply: Destructoid
Liberate Your Kingdom, Reclaim Your Future. From the masterminds that introduced 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim and Odin Sphere, ATLUS x Vanillaware presents the rebirth of tactical fantasy RPG. Battle towards destiny and embark on a royal journey to regain your reign alongside reliable allies.
Unicorn Overlord combines the timeless tactical RPG style with overworld exploration and progressive battle system for a singular epic fantasy expertise within the iconic Vanillaware type.
Traverse a vibrant world, assemble items and direct them into exquisitely animated battles. Carry out heroic deeds and develop renown all through the 5 nations. Domesticate a grand military with over 60 distinctive characters, from people and elves to huge beasts and heavenly angels.
- Launched
- March 8, 2024
- Multiplayer
- On-line Multiplayer
- Engine
- unity
- ESRB
- T For Teen Due To Blood, Fantasy Violence, Delicate Language, Delicate Suggestive Themes
- OpenCritic Score
- Mighty
