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Fae Tactics Free Download GAMESPACK.NET Fae Tactics stars a young girl named Peony on a search to find her missing mother. While the story starts out with this very limited scope, it slowly and steadily ramps into a multifaceted narrative that incorporates a surprisingly large number of characters and locations, each with their own through-lines and motivations. The colorful artstyle and straightforward opening had me initially expecting a simple Saturday-morning-cartoon style story without much in the way of nuance or grey-shaded storytelling. While it doesn’t nearly reach the highs of, say, Tactics Ogre, I found myself pleasantly surprised at how openly it tackled themes of guilt and responsibility, and how it incorporated some surprisingly mature topics that almost betray the game’s bubblegummy exterior. Some dialogue still feels fairly bluntly written, but the story ended up being better than I expected going in, especially considering a fairly weak opening few hours. While the front-to-end plot did end up surprising me, one of the more particularly interesting aspects of Fae Tactics is just how non-linear it is as a whole. TOP/BEST ADULT VIDEO GAMES IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

The game has beautiful pixel art graphics and a fantastic soundtrack that sets the tone for the magical world of Fae Tactics.

Within a few hours of playing, multiple locations will open up as destinations on the menu, each carrying forward a specific thread of events centered around a certain region or character. I’ve always personally loved this style of storytelling, where the world itself ends up carrying a larger portion of the overall narrative, instead of each region simply being a pitstop on the way to an ultimate destination. Each region in Fae Tactics will introduce new party members, new enemies, and both mainline and substory quests. Despite fanning out like this early on, each area will smartly introduce aspects that will be followed up with elsewhere, truly making the overall plot feel like an interconnecting set of puzzle pieces rather than themed lanes that rarely intersect. In Fae Tactics, the player determines their battle party in two groups, Leaders and Summons. Leaders are the traditional party members that one would expect in a tactical-style game — story-based characters with specific strengths and abilities. Leaders include main characters like Peony and her dog Chico, as well as side characters such as the gloved boxing chicken Pichon (you read that right) or the centaur archer Orowantus.

The main destination menu showing four unique story events available

Certain characters are better suited for absorbing damage and fighting up close while others are best used dealing high damage from a distance. So far, it sounds like a familiar take on a well-worn game type, but beyond this basic outline is where Fae Tactics begins to diverge from its inspirations. Outside of selecting a trio of leader units, Peony can also summon up to three ‘fae’ monsters for any given battle. Fae summons are essentially pokemon, who Peony can enlist to assist in battle once they have been previously defeated. Summoned units are treated just like party members, they’ll take turns in battle as would any other character. Certain summons, like dragons, are meant to be physical damage dealers while others are more support-oriented, able to reduce incoming damage or heal from the backline. Having a divided pool of story characters and summons that are independent of each other is a cool balancing act that circumvents a usual hangup I have with tactical games with summoning or beastmaster mechanics — usually, I would never want to swap out an actual character with a generic monster, but here you’re bringing both along all the time. Crashday Redline Edition

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Battles themselves take place in a series of rounds. Each round, all enemy and allied units are allowed to take one turn consisting of their movement and an action in the order depending on their speed. Actions themselves are entirely context-dependent, you’ll never select from a menu. Selecting an enemy unit will initiate an Attack ability, while selecting an allied unit will use an Assist ability instead. Even waiting in place will kick off a literal ‘Wait’ skill, such as increasing the damage done on the next turn or regaining a little bit of lost health. Each Leader and Summon unit will have unique Attack, Assist, and Wait abilities, so these undoubtedly play a huge role in determining a specific lineup to suit any given strategy. Each Leader, Summon, and enemy also have an assigned element in most cases, such as Fire, Ice, and the like. Smart use of elemental advantages (again, similar in nature to Pokemon) is probably the single most critical aspect to keep in mind when strategizing for any particular battle. Units with elemental advantages, such a Fire unit attacking an Ice unit, will automatically critically hit.

A unique battle system that combines turn-based strategy with elements of RPG games.

A unit’s assigned element will also determine its assist and reaction abilities. Based on both story and sidequest completion, Leader units will be able to change their weapons which will alter their element and manner of attack. Peony’s talisman can also cast spells independent of her actual turn, which can do anything from healing a downed unit to damaging every enemy on the field. There’s a lot to keep in mind, and even partway through my second playthrough I was still discovering combinations of leaders, summons, spells, and elements that synergized into effective strategies. Beyond progressing through story encounters, players who venture off the beaten path might end up finding unique secret characters or hidden summons for fulfilling certain conditions or exploring certain areas. Certain story battles will even end up leading into optional content if completed with specific objectives intact. For instance, one battle in which Peony must escape from a jail will lead into a sidequest later if she manages to keep the other prisoners alive. Another storyline battle against a trio of Gorgon sisters ends up extending significantly if they are subdued instead of killed. Crawl Tactics

This allows you to tailor your team to your preferred playstyle.

New storylines will also appear simply for using a particular leader enough times in combat. While some players might bristle at the thought of missable content, I found that I appreciated the boldness of not overly-signposting every possible unique event. Even after completing the game twice, I know of one secret unit I haven’t managed to recruit just yet. Probably the most significant factor in my enjoyment of Fae Tactics was how smartly and surprisingly challenging it is, even on its Normal mode difficulty. Each boss encounter often has a unique mechanic which often forced me to change my strategy on the fly, whether it’s forcing your units to reposition or simply dealing a lot of damage in short bursts. Maps vary from flat arenas with few obstructions to vertical cliff faces that require highly mobile or ranged units, and objectives vary from routing enemies to reaching an escape destination. My first attempt at each of the more challenging battles would often result in coming up laughably short, but adjusting my Leader, Summon, and Spell loadout to match what was being asked of me would turn frustrating defeats into easy wins.

The magic system is based on the classic elements, such as fire, water, earth, and air

I loved Peony’s impatient attitude and impulsive actions that would catch people off guard. She is blunt and assertive and just a great protagonist for this adventure. Her companions are also pretty special, but that is something that you’ll need to figure out on your own. The story takes its time in the beginning, with most of the first missions revolving around mastering the game’s systems. You won’t really know Peony’s goals until a few hours in, but by then, you feel like you are a member of the group. The story delivery comes off extremely traditional when compared to other entries in the genre where a small quest turns into a larger one over time. Aside from the story, much of your time playing Fae Tactics will be in battle. Encounters can be chosen from a menu, which displays how many rounds the fight will be and whether or not a boss will be encountered. These fights can be taken on in any order and range in difficulty. Surprisingly, each battle has a unique map full of gimmicks and elements to take into consideration when planning your attack. There’s so much to take into consideration during a difficult battle. Crazy Machines 3 

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First off, understanding your passive abilities and how they affect the character and their teammates. Then you need to know which kind of summons you have access to and what they do, such as whether they can fly or what’s their defense. You can then get into the nitty-gritty and distribute your skill points accordingly to be able to survive the encounter because I learned that putting all your points into attack doesn’t help when a boss can one-shot you. So all that, plus choosing the right spells, taking a look at the map to see if there are any cannons or explosive barrels, check what spells the boss uses, and so on. It sounds like something you’d be lost in menus fine-tuning for hours, but actually, the team organized it all beautifully with subtle notifications that remind you to check things. Battles are good for more than simply leveling up and becoming stronger. During fights, you collect materials, spell cards, and capture monsters to summon. There’s also equipment hidden in chests that unlock even more passive abilities for your main party members. summoned monsters, known as Fae, have their own experience bar and stats, but they can’t gain skill points.

Furthermore, only three summons and three spells can be equipped. Spells take several turns to charge, but can definitely help you out in a fight as they act as a free action for Peony. The materials found on maps can be used to create helpful gadgets that add some impressive passive boosts. One of the more exciting aspects of the battle system is that it is entirely menu-less. Click on a space, enemy, ally, whatever, and the action is the same. The main characters have some control over this, but the feature makes for a quicker experience rather than trying to decide how much MP to use or which attack I should use. Sure, that stuff is still on your mind with elements and position cause more or less damage, but you’re able to focus on managing that than navigating a menu. In case you wanted more, the developer also added a cooking mini-game which benefits stats in battles. Only in a few specific instances did the design of any particular challenge come across as unfair, typically as RNG-related mechanics such as an enemy unit teleporting to a random corner of the map once attacked.

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