Gales of Nayeli

This game is very poorly made, even as an indie project. The main thing that got my attention was the art style and gamplay from the trailer images. Yet when you get the game itself, it is poorly considered worthy. The UI is poorly adjustable to screens. The starting intro was not engaging even with the customable features. I usually support indie projects, but this not worth the price. The starting level has a vague intro but jumping straight into combat. The horrible art of the characters in small screen window was not pleasing to look at. Even the pixel animations were bad to watch. I barely saw any change of this being new player friendly. None of the items worked, and one of the characters wasn't able to do anything at all. Starting in an open world fight with no knowledge of how to play is not a great idea. Overall, I did not enjoy this game nor would I recommend it to anyone. I am waiting for my refund as we speak.

This was much much better than I was hoping for. What sets it apart is that characters have a set of actions tied to their class that they can do on top of weapon driven actions. Like being able to Focus as amage or Vault as Keri. These can really help in specific situations. The maps have a lot of items and places to visit so far which I guess is to discourage turtling. This is a better approach than FE Engage sending waves of enemies after you that don't grant XP. I do wish there was some ability to grind levels or items though. Without grinding picking up items on stages becomes very important (to me). Also I imagine it's possible to get into a hard state with RNG growth and no way to grind (fixed growth is an option though). The story is fun and coherent and way better than Engage. Also Glory to Ukraine 🟦🟨

Good game for Fire Emblem fans, art style is surprisingly good and sprites looks really good too ! Glad they added controller supports !

You can have a chicken that fights. 10/10

classic fire emblem strategy, worth every penny, i dont know why, but when i began playing this i thought it was rough around the edges, after pushing through a few chapters i was very much charmed and can no longer remember the issues i had. i love the characters, i like the story, i enjoyed the challenge. if your not feeling this game when you first fire it up, please persevere, you wont regret it. once i gave it chance i did not regret any minute spent. best fire emblem like i have played in a long time. well done dev.

Great example of this genre. Graphics are a little rough but easily overlooked for game play.

I am right around halfway through the game, and it's been a joy to play as someone who likes FE and other SRPG styled games. Character variety is well thought out and leads to some interesting character development, while making pretty much every character feel viable. . Character relationships provide nice bonus and direction for characters, though it is my opinion that some of them just develop awkwardly. I am a person more focused on gameplay, and character development, and for me this hits home. Battles are not overly tough, and require thought and pre-planning before making a move, or you can get beat up pretty quickly. They are manageable and also can be made easier by reviewing the map prior to the battle, and picking units that handle certain tasks. You'll of course have mains, but I do find I have some flex units because they just work better. The story is fine, nothing really great to go home about and I found it to be pretty easy to skip through, but if story is huge to you this may not appeal. Your avatar is just a silent personality, and the story just sort of bull charges through. You know there's a big bad, you intend to fight her. At the halfway point, not really much in the story has jumped out. My biggest problems probably are just because the developer is newer and is using SRPG studio, which does not seem to be the best platform in the world. The UI could use some help, where you go to look up information and it just doesn't seem to be available. There's a character who has dice rolls, I only know that if you roll above a 1 you can act again, and it shows as an effect on your character sheet, but no explanation as to what it does. Status effects seem to just exist in this manner where the UI just explains nothing. Also for a game that requires character planning and equipment changes regularly, the menu for managing items is just cumbersome. I have faith that future projects from this team will have more polish and while these can be bothersome issues, doesn't take away from being an overall good game. TL:DR If you like FE games, or games like Dark Deity, you'll enjoy the battle, and the character development and strategy required to succeed. You just have to get past a bit rough of a story, and be willing to deal with some new developer jank, but I'd still very much recommend this because the actual gameplay and design is well thought and is enjoyable.

It's indie Fire Emblem It's good Just try the demo, you have nothing to lose