TRIANGLE STRATEGY GENRES SERIES

There is no right or wrong, everything is a compromise and each decision is a difficult call where something or someone will suffer. At key junctures, you will be faced with three conversation options to situations where there is no real right answer. Triangle Strategy also forces you to ask difficult questions of yourself at times, quite literally. ItвЂ™s in this emotional connection where the game elevates itself from its stablemates.

So whilst Triangle Strategy greedily asks for your time and attention in engaging with its story, pays off by giving each battle meaning skirmishes where you actually sympathize or even care about the heroes you are guiding. Because of the gameвЂ™s heavy investment in narrative, these characters are not just cookie-cutter stand-ins, but rather characters of depth, each with a place in a larger plot, with their own history, motivations and responsibilities. You take turns to move your growing band of heroes around a battle scenario and orchestrate their exploits. The critical factor here is that the game is character-based. This ask however is not without merit вЂ“ in fact, it is an investment that will pay the player back tenfold.

If youвЂ™ve signed up for pure fisticuffs, I can see why youвЂ™d bounce off. When the game first launched IвЂ™d read some comments from early adopters complaining that the game was overly wordy and there was evident frustration at not being able to jump straight into the action, which is totally valid. Its story is hefty, dense, and intricate.

Other notable games in the genre вЂ“ games like Advance Wars, Wargroove, or Final Fantasy Tactics вЂ“ all have an element of story but they are the lightweight connective tissue that connects battles rather than anything of real substance. ItвЂ™s a lazy comparison but if you think вЂ Game of ThronesвЂ™В youвЂ™re at least in the right ballpark. The game weaves a complex epic tale of three rival factions their noble houses, a brewing war, and all the skullduggery that surrounds it. However, that quirk is not a reason to avoid the game вЂ“ its story and the manner of its telling make it more than worth your time to saddle up. Triangle Strategy is a whole genre jump away so those expecting a direct sequel or even vague spiritual successor to Octopath Traveler should proceed with caution. It shares the distinct hybrid вЂ2D-HDвЂ™ pixel art visual style of Octopath, but, in a very surprising move, not a great deal else. Triangle Strategy is a turn-based strategy game from the creators of Octopath Traveler (one of my favorite JRPGs of recent years). This is true for one of the games IвЂ™m playing at the moment, Triangle Strategy. I enjoy playing a wide range of games from tiny indie gems to sprawling triple-A epics but as you may have guessed, storytelling in games is something close to my heart and I take a great interest in examining and dissecting the narrative techniques and flow of the titles I play. Our debut game RГ¶ki is an art-led narrative adventure praised for its interactive storytelling and was nominated for two BAFTA Video Game Awards. My name is Alex and IвЂ™m the game director and lead developer at Polygon Treehouse. This week we have Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou writing about Triangle Strategy.

TRIANGLE STRATEGY GENRES SERIES

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