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Gaming event of the year. This baby has more fun stuffed in to it than I can even believe. It's just like LAD7 except everything about it is a little to a lot better (except for the story which is a bit messier but still great). Me and Casey went feral on this one and did almost everything in like one and a half weeks. I'm so happy to be caught up with Ichiban's story and prepared to lose my shit when the next one is announced.
I saw a ton of people saying that you can just jump straight in to Infinite Wealth and not be lost and I wouldn't say that is untrue but I would definitely urge everyone to play the first one if asked. I think Ichiban's whole journey with Arakawa and Ryo Aoki is such a strong story and having the full picture of that enhances Ichiban and the whole party so much. I don't know if I would be nearly as attached to these characters (who are my whole life and reason for existing currently) if I had skipped straight to IW. It's also a bit strange to act like the original Yakuza series isn't important for this games plot given the entire second half of the game.
I have to mention my biggest gripe with this one which is how they did my girl Saeko so dirty. In the first game she was really a full fledged party member with key moments in the main plot and her own motivation and story and I loved her so much. It was so jarring to start this one up pretty much immediately after finishing 7 and see Saeko be recast as Ichibans love interest pretty much exclusively. I know that you can have a goofy optional romance scene with Saeko in 7 (that is basically identical to the one with Eri) but that didn't really justify the way she was written in this game to me. If I had played IW only I probably would think Saeko was some cutie that Ichiban crossed paths with a couple times and not somebody who was in the main party and nearly every cut scene for 3/4ths of the first game. I do admit that I thought their date was cute and that I am rooting for them to be together but It really felt weird that the game acted like Nanba and Adachi were the only main party members from the first game.
BUT none of this is enough to overpower the pure excellence of improved combat, bingo board, dondoko island, and segways. I could go on indefinitely about how this is the best game but I will stop short and just say I had a smile on my face for like 80 combined hours while playing this and the other 10 were spent crying or screaming. Ichiban Kasuga remains the most amazing person alive and I choose to believe that he is real.
I saw a ton of people saying that you can just jump straight in to Infinite Wealth and not be lost and I wouldn't say that is untrue but I would definitely urge everyone to play the first one if asked. I think Ichiban's whole journey with Arakawa and Ryo Aoki is such a strong story and having the full picture of that enhances Ichiban and the whole party so much. I don't know if I would be nearly as attached to these characters (who are my whole life and reason for existing currently) if I had skipped straight to IW. It's also a bit strange to act like the original Yakuza series isn't important for this games plot given the entire second half of the game.
I have to mention my biggest gripe with this one which is how they did my girl Saeko so dirty. In the first game she was really a full fledged party member with key moments in the main plot and her own motivation and story and I loved her so much. It was so jarring to start this one up pretty much immediately after finishing 7 and see Saeko be recast as Ichibans love interest pretty much exclusively. I know that you can have a goofy optional romance scene with Saeko in 7 (that is basically identical to the one with Eri) but that didn't really justify the way she was written in this game to me. If I had played IW only I probably would think Saeko was some cutie that Ichiban crossed paths with a couple times and not somebody who was in the main party and nearly every cut scene for 3/4ths of the first game. I do admit that I thought their date was cute and that I am rooting for them to be together but It really felt weird that the game acted like Nanba and Adachi were the only main party members from the first game.
BUT none of this is enough to overpower the pure excellence of improved combat, bingo board, dondoko island, and segways. I could go on indefinitely about how this is the best game but I will stop short and just say I had a smile on my face for like 80 combined hours while playing this and the other 10 were spent crying or screaming. Ichiban Kasuga remains the most amazing person alive and I choose to believe that he is real.
You've never experienced true joy until you've popped your daily 15mg adderall xr and spent three hours in the unicorn overlord units menu just to disband all of them after one battle because you got a cool new character that you want to build around.
I honestly think this might be the most meaningfully in depth strategy game I have ever played. Each new class (and most equipment) feels genuinely game changing in a way that was exciting all the way until the end. At a certain point it became a bit overwhelming trying to decide who I wanted to be using and pairing together, but I'd say I was fully engrossed with planning these units out for the first 60 hours of the game. I imagine it could keep that up for hundreds more if you're a true ogre battle sicko.
Every little aspect of this game feels so thoughtfully crafted to be engaging. From the animations in battle to the little mining minigame, each element was precisely crafted to be smooth and satisfying. When you pick up the little goodies you can start running away before they even get sucked up in to your inventory! Hard to explain why but that had me hootin every time.
There's too much to go on about that I love in this (have to mention coliseum real quick) but it is funny that Vanillaware just did the opposite of 13 Sentinels (combat - incredible, story - fine). The story is like one giant pile of tropes but I do find that charming. The whole liberation army schtick is enough flavor for me to dump an unreasonable portion of my life in to doing everything this offered. I haven't felly this compulsively drawn to 100% a game maybe ever.
Lastly, Unicorn Overlord is not only not a bad name but actually the best possible name that this game could have. If you play it for one second it's so obvious it should be called that. It's dweebs only in the liberation army. If you've ever gone on a date with someone in real life refund this shit asap.
I honestly think this might be the most meaningfully in depth strategy game I have ever played. Each new class (and most equipment) feels genuinely game changing in a way that was exciting all the way until the end. At a certain point it became a bit overwhelming trying to decide who I wanted to be using and pairing together, but I'd say I was fully engrossed with planning these units out for the first 60 hours of the game. I imagine it could keep that up for hundreds more if you're a true ogre battle sicko.
Every little aspect of this game feels so thoughtfully crafted to be engaging. From the animations in battle to the little mining minigame, each element was precisely crafted to be smooth and satisfying. When you pick up the little goodies you can start running away before they even get sucked up in to your inventory! Hard to explain why but that had me hootin every time.
There's too much to go on about that I love in this (have to mention coliseum real quick) but it is funny that Vanillaware just did the opposite of 13 Sentinels (combat - incredible, story - fine). The story is like one giant pile of tropes but I do find that charming. The whole liberation army schtick is enough flavor for me to dump an unreasonable portion of my life in to doing everything this offered. I haven't felly this compulsively drawn to 100% a game maybe ever.
Lastly, Unicorn Overlord is not only not a bad name but actually the best possible name that this game could have. If you play it for one second it's so obvious it should be called that. It's dweebs only in the liberation army. If you've ever gone on a date with someone in real life refund this shit asap.