Players may have noticed that one of the Saintly Seven, Lyla Viscraft Minister of Medicine, is also in the city square with them. This character is not one players would know from the Triangle Strategy demo that carried over to the full game , but she will be important in this chapter. She is waiting near the guard that took Serenoa’s letter. While exploring the homes in the city, players most likely check out this little building looking for cl

Chapter Two thrusts you immediately into your first exploration event in Triangle Strategy. This is an opportunity to relax for a while and talk to your allies and NPCs. There are items to be found as you explore each location, and some characters will give you Conviction choic

Serenoa and co. reach Wolffort Castle… and receive the bad news. And then some more bad news. And then yet another piece of bad news. It just isn’t going well for our heroes, is it? It’s a bad day to be a father/father figure in Norze

In Triangle Strategy, each of these aspects has a numerical designation . (The numbers are hidden until New Game Plus, at which point the whole thing cracks open like a nut and you can micromanage to your heart’s content.) You accrue points based upon the choices you make throughout the game, and in turn, the total stockpile per aspect permits you (or rather, Serenoa) to exert greater degrees of influence when Scales of Conviction sequences take pl

The chapter also features a fun battle against individuals from one of the other Norzelian countries, and the strategic aspect of the game gets a little deeper as it prepares you for the challenges to c

«Serenoa’s convictions have been strengthened.» Play Triangle Strategy for more than an hour, and you will have seen the phrase pop up on the top-right portion of the screen at least two dozen times. It’s nice to know the young lord of House Wolffort is no philosophical sycophant, but what does this really mean? Why are Serenoa’s convictions constantly being strengthened, how do we as players affect the process, and why should any of us even c

This political melodrama is all well and good, but if the game played like garbage none of it would matter. Fortunately, Triangle Strategy is a tactical RPG Strategies darling. While the camera is a smidge fickle and there aren’t nearly enough opportunities for grinding unless you’re willing to replay the same optional missions over and over again, the core tenets of combat are immaculate. I grew up with Final Fantasy Tactics and Advance Wars, so this feels like a robust expansion of what those games accomplished while making the genre more approachable than I’ve ever seen before. It’s still a tough bastard, and making even a single rash move on normal difficulty will see units utterly decimated. But a handful of new ideas mean conclusions like this are much less common if you’re careful about things.

For those of us lucky enough to live in the real world, they say variety is the spice of life. In medieval societies such as Triangle Strategy ‘s, it’s enough to hope there’s salt on the table. The first half of the game’s ninth chapter culminates in a decision to either work alongside a corrupted salt lord or abide by a forced promise to do otherw

The Mean Twins arrive at the throne room to congratulate their Less Mean But Still Mean Brother, and a sniveling Patriatte makes an appearance. And after that… some Game of Thrones-style flavor events will unf

No new mental mock battles appear just yet, nor has the merchant restocked his wares. Stay on top of your Character Stories, though. You may still have several optional recruits to bring into the Wolffort f

‘Dwindling Light’ follows ‘A Soul upon The Scales’ in combining voting with exploration. You’re given the option to step outside into the castle town, which you should of course take in order to find items, shop with the merchant, and engage in Conviction Conversati

JRPGs are often juvenile in some manner while trying to push forward a serious narrative, so it’s nice to see something that is mature in its outlook and expects us to come along for the adventure or leave it behind. I was on board from the opening moments and never looked back.

A wise ruler employs some measure of each of these aspects in their decision-making. The liberty to represent one’s individuality within a kingdom; the morality to do what is right and refrain from what isn’t; and the utility to take advantage of everything one can in order to further their people’s happin

He says that the guilt of taking a bribe has eaten away at his soul, and he no longer can stand staying silent about it. He spills all the details, and players have yet another clue to get them closer to Sorsley’s gu

Triangle Strategy gets more and more serious as the chapters pass, and this chapter is no exception. While this part of the chapter has no combat, you will be fighting within yourself when trying to decide what to do: should you protect Roland and face a powerful army, or surrender him to Aesfrost in favor of pe