Gales of Nayeli

despite some minor performance issues and glitches popping up, which the devs have worked hard to fix as many as possible, the gameplay itself is absolutely solid fire emblembing and I love so many of the character designs and playstyles and cool skill/weapon combos that I was struggling to include all my favorite characters in my first playthrough team, so I did a second! it's a bit of a shame how little the player character contributes to any story stuff or supports, but again there's more than enough other fun characters that it hardly matters. Also some of the voice lines are incredible. Also also there's a cute fairy which is always a huge plus!

[b]Overall: [/b] 7/10 Gales of Nayeli is an SRPG with some interesting new mechanics when compared to similar games. Perhaps too interesting or too ambitious. It is held back, slightly, by it’s UI/UX and by following in the footsteps of other Fire Emblem-esque games and their outdated mechanics. [b]Music: [/b] 6/10 Music, sound effects, all of them are good. Voice acting leaves a lot to be desired. [b]Visuals: [/b] 7/10 I usually like games more polished but I also understand the limitations of what they were working with. Character designs are really solid for the most part, however not sure if intentional or it was the artists’s range, but a lot of times the weapons and some details of the characters are either too big, too small or don’t work well. [b]Gameplay: [/b] 6.5/10 If you have played Fire Emblem or similar games you will get how the game works as base. Everything can work but the creator went a bit overboard with the items and skills. Too many items, all of them with unique effects that you must check or remember whenever using and since there is a lot of variety, that can be bothersome unless you really really want to take your time with the game…

When I finished Gales of Nayeli the one word that kept coming to mind was this: ambition. Gales of Nayeli is a culmination of ideas that I think impress anyone familiar with game development and understands the constraints of a premade engine like the SRPG Engine can see how much effort and ideas was strung together to create this game. So much thought put into the world, its characters, the multitude of mechanic ideas and concepts that, while they don’t quite stick the landing, create a very satisfying and meaty experience. Fire Emblem fans should be interested in this title, but I think newcomers to the genre would enjoy this game if they allow for the jank and hitching that the SRPG Engine can employ. Especially since the game lets you save each turn, it’s great! If you are unfamiliar, SRPG Engine is a toolset that lets you make games vaguely similar to the Fire Emblem titles on the SNES. It has been used by the former series lead, Shouzou Kaga, in a FE-like title he made in his free time. But, what sets Gales apart from the rest of its specific subgenre of tactical RPGs is the emotional and creative core. Gales draws on the aforementioned Nintendo series to be sure, but the…

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 🟦🟨

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.