Enelia: Dawn of Madness

An interesting first episode!

I never write reviews, but I finally have to for an indie game like this. So far, I'm very excited for future chapters! The game runs smoothly (there were some slight audio glitches once etc., no overtly noticeable bugs), and the atmosphere created by the art, music, and voice acting is truly captivating. There is clearly so much love and passion behind this project! The writing, even as an English translation, is delightful. It can be hard to introduce the audience to a high-fantasy world without info-dumping, and I think the game avoids this common issue gracefully. The story is drawn out like a mystery, where pieces are collected gradually (and literally, through the journal mechanic). I found myself quite comfortable with the names, terminology, and culture pretty quickly; there was never a moment where I thought "wait, who? What? Where?". Some people, however, might find the pace to be too gradual (especially if they engage in high fantasy media regularly and want to dive head-first into lore). I only know this because I, personally, tend to get overwhelmed by lore-dumping really easily and quickly lose interest if I am given too many names and concepts all at once, but I find…

soft lock after fight with snake when playing as reiz... edit: after launching the game via my laptop it did the same freeze but then switched languages to russian but let me push past the soft lock and went back to english. i am now able to continue playing and am very happy. i really want to see this game succeed as i really am enjoying the story so i will turn my review to recommended. good luck in your debugs and patching.

I really enjoyed this visual novel! The setting was super unique and the characters were surprisingly well fleshed out. The story felt a bit short, but it kept me hooked the whole time. Can’t wait for part two to come out!

It's an interesting fantasy visual novel. Traditional coming of age fantasy story contrasted with some very effective ghoulish horror elements. Decided to get the game because the remaining three episodes will be released for free for current owners, according to the store page.

Nice together with a nice Pizza!