UNICORN OVERLORD: new characters and game details

ATLUS And Vanillaware share further details on the highly anticipated strategy RPG UNICORN OVERLORD. Today we are provided with an overview of the battle phases and tactics, as well as details on the protagonist's allies Alainamong which Yunifi, Ramona, Morard and others, as well as on the enemy Elgor. Let's see them below.

We remind you that UNICORN OVERLORD it will be available next time 8th of March on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

UNICORN OVERLORD – New characters

• Yunifi — “Wherever you go, there will always be Snow Flowers ready to stop you!”
  She is a member of a Bastorias resistance group, the Snow Flowers. His archery skills are crucial to the fight against Zenoira. Despite being born to humans, she was adopted and raised by Ramona.
• Ramona — “We must weather any storm, no matter how violent it is!”
  Leader of the Snow Flowers, a resistance group in Bastorias, and Yunifi's adoptive mother. Although she is the head of the owl lineage, she is respected by members of all ferid races.
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Morard — “But your journey to the afterlife will take a long detour to a cold, dark cell.”
  Feride the lion and member of a Bastorias resistance group, the Snow Flowers. He has great physical strength and, together with Yunifi, constitutes the beating heart of the Snow Flowers.
• Nigel — “You will not be able to overcome this point, as long as the breath of life flows inside me.”
  He is the leader of the Knights of the Sacred Heart and gained the rank of reverend knight at a young age, later becoming captain due to his role in the defense of Albion from Zenoira.
• Dinah — “I want your boss's life, not yours. Get out of the way.”
  A ferocious fox, captain of the Snow Petals. Despite being touchy, she cares deeply for her soldiers, and they show her great respect.
• Sanatio —“I will go to the end, even if the price is eternal damnation.”
  Angelic assistant of the pontiff, head of the Celestial Knights. A reverend winged knight, chosen years earlier as the future leader of the Palevian Church.
• Elgor —“Now it's time to go to sea. The price of the ticket is your life.”
  Knight of Reimann, high commander of the Zenoiran army of the north. He received ancient armor from Galerius. It is said that no one has ever seen his face and lived to tell the tale.

Game systems

Battlefield (Battle Levels)

Battle Levels are the combat fields where allies and enemy units face each other in real time. Each battle level has victory conditions that must be met in order to be completed.

• Deployment and movement of units —Allied units can be deployed from any base with a blue flag. Select an allied unit with the cursor to order it to move towards its intended destination. Valor Points can be replenished by defeating enemies and liberating cities.
• Dating— When you encounter enemy units, select “Battle” from the Battle Menu to take action.
• Swap positions— When two allied units are close together, they can swap. Swap and fight based on your allies' conditions and compatibility with enemy units.
• Waiting and First Strike— In addition to losing a battle, the defeated unit is knocked back and enters a waiting state. Engaging a waiting unit will grant the unit First Strike.
• Endurance and rest— Fighting consumes stamina. Units with 0 resistance will not be able to move. Resting allows units to go into standby and regain some stamina. Resting units are defenseless against enemy attacks and cannot use abilities.
• Sacred horn powder— Sacred Horn Powder can be used to avert a game over when the time limit expires, your command post is captured by an enemy, or your army is defeated.
• Skill Value— Valor Skills can be used during battle levels. Each class has access to different Valor Skills. Valor is consumed by deploying units, so invest it wisely.
• Traps, divine effigies, camps and siege weapons— Each battle level includes various structures that allow you to change the outcomes of the battle; divine effigies to summon cyclones, camps to heal units, and more.

Battle

Battles are played automatically, following various predetermined rules. Fighters will take turns using their Active Skills based on their Initiative. The battle will last until all combatants run out of Action Points (AP), or when one side is defeated.

• Active Skills— When a fighter's turn comes, they will use one of their Active Skills. Active Skills require AP. APs are represented by a red gem. The battle ends when both sides run out of AP.
• Passive Skills— Passive Skills consume Passive Points (PP) and activate automatically in reaction to certain conditions, such as receiving an attack. The activation conditions change based on the Passive Skill. PPs are represented by a blue gem. Passive Skills cannot activate without PP.
• Tactics and priorities— The tactics you set determine when a character will use a certain ability, and who their target will be. Tactics allow you to assign the priority of each skill and up to two conditions for its use. Without setting tactics, the characters simply attack the enemy in front of them. To fight effectively, it is important to set tactics before battle.
• Example of tactics— Alain's Noble Blade ability recovers HP if he defeats an enemy when using it. Therefore, targeting the enemy with the lowest HP will make it easier to defeat the enemy and activate the healer effect.
• Tactics and priorities— Tactics can be prioritized. The highest priority comes first. Urgent abilities, such as recovery ones or ones you want to activate first, can be set as a priority. For example, if the tactics above are given, the character will attack with Slice regardless. This means that he will never use Cura to help his allies. By prioritizing his tactics as shown above, he will use Heal if an ally is below 50% HP. Otherwise, he will attack with Slice. The trick is to give higher priority to skills with stricter activation conditions.
• Optimize— You can automate tactics and equipment with the Optimize feature. If you can't make decisions, try the Optimize feature.

Source:ATLUS via PLAION