One of the most anticipated games by many owners of the switch in this 2022 is TriangleStrategy. This was largely due to the talent behind it, since it had the direction of Tomoya Asanowho also produced BravelyDefault and Octopath Traveler.
Last March 4th it was finally launched Triangle Strategy for hybrid console Nintendo. With a world that evokes the RPGs of the time of the Super nintendo and a tactical RPG gameplay, sure caught the attention of many. Now that we’ve played it enough, we tell you if the emotion was deserved.
Triangle Strategy is full of intrigue and interesting plots
Triangle Strategy puts us in control Serinoa Wolfortt a member of the house of the same name. The events of this story take place thirty years after a great war broke out between the three main kingdoms of this world. However, after a prolonged peace, the threat of another full-scale conflict is beginning to loom.
Fans of medieval stories with political and war dramas in the style game of Thrones They will surely be happy with this game. Triangle Strategy does a great job of introducing us to his world and the important characters within it. Each one with their motivations and doubts about what they should do.
Perhaps best of all, it feels like the player’s decisions have weight in how everything plays out. This makes you have to be attentive to all the conversations to plan what would be the best strategies to move forward and try to keep the peace. Also, the choices they present are not very easy to make.
Although most of the story is followed from the protagonist’s point of view, there are times when we see other people’s conflicts. This seemed to us to add a lot of complexity to the plot, which is one of the main pillars of Triangle Strategy.
Immersing yourself in this world will be something absolutely necessary
The way you move on Triangle Strategy is by choosing some points that appear on the map. The red dots advance the main story, while the green dots are optional stories. However, the information revealed in these can be of great help. It is recommended that you do not skip them and that you do them as soon as they come out as they can disappear.
There will also be times when you can explore some towns in search of information. Conversations with NPCs and some texts you find help to further expand the world in which it happens Triangle Strategy. Also, this is not only for the player to soak up his politics, it also has an impact on his gameplay.
Informed decisions are best at Triangle Strategy
Triangle Strategy it presents the player with a huge number of constant choices. These can change how other nations or even your own allies see you. The biggest ones can totally change where the story is headed. This could prompt you to pass it more than once to see the different paths.
The most important decisions in Triangle Strategy they are marked by a ceremony involving a scale. Here the members of your army help you decide which is the most appropriate path to follow. Each one will give you their reasons and in the end they will vote for what they think is best.
Of course, if you don’t totally agree, you can try to convince them to vote for what you want. This is where all the information you collect comes into play. Some pieces unlock dialogue options that make it easier to change your teammates’ minds.
These ceremonies can be tense, and persuasive efforts don’t always work in your favor. The decision that everyone makes may not be the one you like or the one that you think is the best. There are also times when there is a tie vote, so as the leader, the final decision is up to you. Of course, not everything is conversations and votes in Triangle Strategy.
Tactical combat shines for its level of entertainment
With a situation as tense as the one that happens in Triangle Strategy, confrontations cannot be missing. These take place on stages that work like boards where you can move your troops in turns. While the most common goal is simply to eliminate all enemies, some battles feature more variety.
Some battles task you with not only defeating all your opponents, but also keeping a specific troop alive. There is also a type of combat where the objective is to reach an area, with enemies that do not stop appearing. Not to mention there are some that could be considered boss fights where you have to beat a very strong opponent.
Before each combat you have the option to choose the troops you want to use and where you want to position them. Here you must put your best strategies to work to choose the best plan of attack. It’s quite entertaining coming up with your next moves, which sometimes feels like playing chess. What pieces do you sacrifice in order to gain an advantage?
Each of your troops has specific abilities. Some are ideal for supporting, casting protective enchantments. Others are healers, who can keep you alive for a long time, although they are very weak. There are also those who are used for physical attack, either melee or from a distance.
Triangle Strategy is full of very useful characters
As you advance in Triangle Strategy you meet more characters who join your army as troops. The more you use them, the more they level up and their arsenal of moves gets bigger. Here you cannot customize each character, rather you must choose the one with the right powers for each battle.
Scenarios are also a crucial element of battles. Being on high ground makes your attacks stronger. You can also use parts of the stage to cover your back. This is very important as attacks from behind can do a lot of damage. You must also take care that you do not get between two enemies as this allows them to connect their attacks and do a lot of damage in the same turn.
Some of the scenarios Triangle Strategy they have elemental opportunities. That is to say that you can burn zones to do more damage or use electricity on opponents who are on a puddle, to name a few. This makes your choice of characters more important.
Some can set traps to stop opponents, others provoke them to go towards a point. You can use their abilities together to create perfect attacking opportunities. This makes the fighting the most exciting and entertaining part of it all. Triangle Strategy. However, there is a point against.
For every pro there is a con
Perhaps the best point of Triangle Strategy is its combat, but sadly there isn’t much of it. Although its history is quite entertaining, watching it is what occupies most of its great duration and without much interference from the player. If the ‘autoplay’ button didn’t exist, our fingers would be tired of pressing a so many times.
Exploration, decision-making, and combat are all very good, but we felt they lagged far behind. Triangle Strategy feels more like a visual novel at times. There were times when we spent up to two hours just watching the story unfold. While we find its plot entertaining enough, this may be a factor that drives other players away.
The presentation of Triangle Strategy makes it very worthwhile
Another factor that makes Triangle Strategy hold up very well is its visual section. This uses the same style that we saw in Octopath Traveler and the recent Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters. Those who played those titles know that they have an aesthetic that makes their characters look 16-bit and their settings too, but with 3D models.
Each of the locations Triangle Strategy they look very beautiful and make you want to explore them. It is a pity that you cannot do it in all of them. As if that were not enough, in addition to pixel art, the characters in the menus have very striking designs that seem to be taken from a painting.
Is this medieval war drama for you?
Triangle Strategy It has many very good elements that will surely be very attractive for fans of this type of game. However, for someone who just wants to get into this genre it might not be a very good option. Perhaps they should try their free demo to decide if they are up for it.
The visual art is phenomenal, the combat is highly entertaining and varied, and the decision-making is very nuanced. It’s a shame that Triangle Strategy don’t let players spend more time with some of your best factors. However, if you are already interested in it and are familiar with this style of games, we are sure that you will not regret trying it.
We played Triangle Strategy on Nintendo Switch with a code provided by a Square Enix representative in our region.
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