I don't think it's for me Personally. I'm not A huge fan of tactical rpgs that have battles that take a while to complete. I don't mind playing some turn based rpgs, Action rpgs or Jrpgs that don't overstay their welcome.
@jonahabenhaim1223 I didn't think it was for me, either. However, what makes it way better, especially for those of us who arent all that into SRPGs..you can change the difficulty. There is very easy, easy, etc...and also, you can fast forward during the enemies turns, so it makes the battles shorter. Some do still take a fair amount of time to complete, but it makes it easier to deal with
I finished this game last month after about 4 playthroughs on NG+. Even got the “true ending “ I have to say that I really liked seeing all the different directions the story took. I definitely plan on starting a fresh new playthrough someday.
As someone who loved this game, I do have to disagree when you say the amount of dialogue is over exaggerated. Just know going in that you will be spending about half the game doing dialogue, walking around the towns, doing cutscenes etc. They’re pretty well done overall. But you should be aware the amount of like grid combat to rpg gameplay is about half and half in my experience. And even as someone who doesn’t typically love games with huge focus on story, this one is worth your time for sure. I most likely will not be doing a second play through tbh I felt like the journey was a long enough one for me. But huge reccomend if you haven’t played it, or if you’re intimated to jump into SRPG type games
I had high expectations for this and it met them, this is such a great game. The amount of replay value is through the roof, given how many party members you can get and when they join the party is yet another layer.
This game held my attention from beginning to end which is rare. The combat was more streamlined than tactics ogre/FF and more but not baby mode like FE which is the perfect balance. While the story borrows a bit too much from GoT it diverges enough to keep you enthralled. My only gripe that I hope will get fixed in a sequel is that you can tell they skimped on the production by not animating any character portraits or adding any cutscenes. I’m sure this was to keep costs down since they weren’t sure how it would do.
Agreed, I really hope they can at least add the profiles while the characters are talking, since the artwork was really good in my opinion. Regarding GoT, that wasn’t too much of an issue for me since GoT is one of all-time favourite sagas, but I do understand that a bit more originality would have been nice
Erick, you sold me on these game. Every review I found mostly talk about the story of this game and not the the stuffs you can do. They don't even mentioned how the ice can affect the terrain, now I wanna know more.
While it does share a look with Final Fantasy Tactics, I think a better comparison would be the Shining Force games; instead of customizable units capable of becoming any type of fighter, the customizing comes in choosing what kind of units to field in the fights. Also, you can change the difficulty between battles, so if you are finding what you chose to not hit the sweet spot of what you want, by all means take it up or down a notch! Like Erick, I highly recommend this game, even New Game + mode is fun, as the battles scale up to continuity provide a challenge.
This game actually helped me officially get into and understand turn based rpgs after trying many, so, thank you Triangle for showing me the way to something that is priceless and very special to me 😍
Absolutely agree with you, only that you don't have to finish the game once to go the golden route. Actually, I accidentally went the golden route on my first playthrough, and it's tough.
Fantastic video. Triangle Strategy was the first SRPG I played all the way through and my #2 overall game of last year just behind GoW Ragnarok. I wish Tactics Orge was more like it because I’ve had a tough time getting into Ogre despite still enjoying aspects of it.
I would also recommend this masterpiece to Game of Thrones fans. No magic crystals here, this is a literal and well written game of thrones and the stakes are very high.
Reading the title I was thinking you would talk about type advantages and disadvantages where the game is too easy when you have the high ground and it's a slog when you don't and you rather not have arbitrary restrictions to a game.
@@GeraltofRivia22 not a good excuse there saying "everything is bad". Games give bonus damage of a bit while the negative can make you do little to nothing in the worst of examples
You're often more in disadvantage than advantage, especially in number, but i feel the game it's fair most of the time if you know how to use the terrain. The battle of Frederica is an example, while fighting in a bridge and also watching that some npc cross safely can be stressing, the fact that it's only one path helped me: i froze everything with Corentin my goat, and the enemy barely could advance on ice, the i used Erador as a kind of wall in the only path and attacked with mages. Those restrictions can be dealt changing units, i don't feel the game's conditions arbitrary but that's my feeling.
Love how the Golden Route makes EVERY recruitable character you've acquired necessary for the final conflict. Nobody gets to sit on the sidelines. Everyone has a use. Especially Anna. Anna is queen.
Was there a conflict surrounding the distribution and import/exportation of salt? With the US being a central player? I really don’t understand that quote.
I actually think this is the best modern SRPG for beginners to start with as it's very easy to get into and has the depth that those who go hardcore are looking for. This game basically takes a lot of the better aspects of multiple SRPGs, it has Fire Emblem's class progression without the weapon triangle or having to worry about gear configuration, it has the movement style of FFT and TO: Reborn with a better camera lol. Also I think the reason there tends to be complaints about it being a visual novel is because almost all the dialogue is actually voice acted so you notice it way more, but it's honestly no different then anything from previous SRPGs. This is also probably the friendliest SRPG in almost all terms across the board even taking the mechanic from Super Robot Wars where if you lose a battle no sweat, you get to keep all the XP and Levels you've earned so just keep trying, explore your options with no fear, it's ok.
I like the game a lot but I played ~5 hours and there were 4 maps that whole time lol. At least the beginning is half srpg half visual novel. I’m glad you praised the conviction mechanics though. I thought it was a really cool, unique system that other people don’t give the game enough credit for.
I thought it would be good. There is way too much focus on things that don't really matter in a tactics game to me. I don't care about influencing party members or anything. I want to develop my characters into enemy slayers and destroy the game (or get pwnd and try again). I don't even want to wander around cities. I'm glad others like the game though.
How does this game compared to tactics over Reborn? I'll eventually get around to playing both however I am curious to see what viewers and commenters think.
Triangle Strategy is very balanced and difficult. Tactics Ogre is kind of a mess with its infinite amount of job classes, mechanics, items, etc. but also insanely fun.
I actually found the Action points system to be a very elegant way of managing skills in battle. Most MP systems kinda dull out after a certain point in most srpgs/jrpgs, but with a preset amount of a handful of points that you can slightly upgrade as you go skill management scales alongside the difficulty of the game.
I have this game on the backlog. My goal is to get back to it. This video helps with that, so thanks! Eric what happened to the buttrock intro?! I miss it :(
I'm on the fence about buying this game just because I have so little free time that I don't want to get stuck waiting on a bunch of cutscenes when I just want to jump in and play the game when I have small amount of free time to myself. That's one thing I loved about the old Fire Emblem games! There were very very short cutscenes between battles and that was it.
I’m not a huge SPRG fan but I adored this game. The story and characters were awesome and the combat system was amazing too. Can’t recommend this enough. And yes I’ve played final fantasy tactics and tactics ogre. This game is just as good in my opinion. 9/10 would recommend.
Short answer? Yes! It is a very begginer-friendly game for those who want to delve into strategy games. After playing this, my next recommendation is going for Tactics Ogre Reborn.
This game is so much like Tactics Ogre and Final fantasy tactics, I think it's dumb to not compare and see that it's basically the same, and yeah, these three games are my favorite games of all time
The pacing in the beginning turned me off straight away. I want to love this game, but it doesn't click with me. Very happy to read and see that so many people enjoy it though! It's very well done and deserves a try from anyone remotely interested in JRPGS/SRPGS.
What i dont like more, is stupid training battles farm, like they did it in TO Reborn. It would be ideal for this story focused game not to be able to power lvl outside of story and side battles, and make some respec items to prevent soft lock. That would be the level of difficulty and tactics persisted throughout the game.
An ending that can only be obtained on a new game plus. Forcing you to play the whole thing again. I really hate when developers do that, specially if you can get the requirements already on a first playthrough, making it so that you get a different outcome in spite of doing the exact same thing!
Actually, that's not true at all. You absolutely _can_ get it on your first playthrough. Its more ideal to wait because its hard to get enough characters to do it on your first playthrough, though.
You can absolutely get the Golden Ending on the first play through, although you'll likely want to look up a guide so you can know which routes and actions to take to reach it. My friend somehow stumbled his way into it, but I'm doing a second run through to get it myself. I can tell you that while there is a fair amount of set pieces no matter the route, I'd estimate that maybe 30-40% of the story fights can change based on what path you took.
@DragonHeart613 imo I don't think Fire Emblem has done anything great since Radiant dawn on the wii. However I acknowledge that path of radiance, Radiant dawn and genealogy of the holy war are all excellent games and the blazing blade was pretty good too. Modern fe has been considerably dumbed down imo
uhhh you dont need to beat the game at least once to get the true ending its recommended too because of the lack of units for it on a first run but not needed i did the golden aka true ending route on my first run and while hard as hell is possible lol thanks for the misinformation there anyway though...
I just don't like the visual style of this and Octopath Traveler. Feels like I need to put on some glasses and that the light is from a gas lamp that is two feet away.
Im not really into SRPGs, I dont want to make strategies every fight i just wanna enjoy games at my pace. Thanks to this game and FE 3 Houses for being so begginer friendly so that I can enjoy their great stories even if I just play straight foward without thinking like its Chess.
i'm not stranger for this kind of games, previously played Disgaea 2, and tried playing Utawarerumono the original one. but the problem with these games is.. they are very unforgiving. and quite annoying! so i dropped them.
The demo made me want to actively avoid the story. Immediately it came across as dry and boring. I'm sure the gameplay is excellent and right up my alley, but I can't do too much dry writing in long cutscenes.
I loved it, hope it gets a sequel. Glad to see S-rpgs making a small comeback.
Im not a huge SRPG guy, and I thoroughly enjoyed this game. The story and characters are truly top notch, and the gameplay is fantastic
I don't think it's for me Personally. I'm not A huge fan of tactical rpgs that have battles that take a while to complete. I don't mind playing some turn based rpgs, Action rpgs or Jrpgs that don't overstay their welcome.
@jonahabenhaim1223 I didn't think it was for me, either. However, what makes it way better, especially for those of us who arent all that into SRPGs..you can change the difficulty. There is very easy, easy, etc...and also, you can fast forward during the enemies turns, so it makes the battles shorter. Some do still take a fair amount of time to complete, but it makes it easier to deal with
I finished this game last month after about 4 playthroughs on NG+. Even got the “true ending “ I have to say that I really liked seeing all the different directions the story took. I definitely plan on starting a fresh new playthrough someday.
I think the war over salt is more referring to Britain and India than the United States.
As someone who loved this game, I do have to disagree when you say the amount of dialogue is over exaggerated. Just know going in that you will be spending about half the game doing dialogue, walking around the towns, doing cutscenes etc.
They’re pretty well done overall. But you should be aware the amount of like grid combat to rpg gameplay is about half and half in my experience. And even as someone who doesn’t typically love games with huge focus on story, this one is worth your time for sure. I most likely will not be doing a second play through tbh I felt like the journey was a long enough one for me. But huge reccomend if you haven’t played it, or if you’re intimated to jump into SRPG type games
Thats why you can skip cutsecenes I'm a second playthrough
I had high expectations for this and it met them, this is such a great game. The amount of replay value is through the roof, given how many party members you can get and when they join the party is yet another layer.
Just read the video title and instantly wanna scream YEEEESSS! My game of the year 2022. I really enjoyed every second of it.
Same!
This game held my attention from beginning to end which is rare. The combat was more streamlined than tactics ogre/FF and more but not baby mode like FE which is the perfect balance.
While the story borrows a bit too much from GoT it diverges enough to keep you enthralled.
My only gripe that I hope will get fixed in a sequel is that you can tell they skimped on the production by not animating any character portraits or adding any cutscenes. I’m sure this was to keep costs down since they weren’t sure how it would do.
Agreed, I really hope they can at least add the profiles while the characters are talking, since the artwork was really good in my opinion.
Regarding GoT, that wasn’t too much of an issue for me since GoT is one of all-time favourite sagas, but I do understand that a bit more originality would have been nice
Erick, you sold me on these game. Every review I found mostly talk about the story of this game and not the the stuffs you can do. They don't even mentioned how the ice can affect the terrain, now I wanna know more.
Masterpiece. Love this fucking game. My favorite game in my whole life.
Just bought a nintendo switch my guy! It's soo fun! Picked up fire emblem engage as well
One of my favorite games in 2022.
Im grateful I got to experience this game on the switch. What a memorable game with memorable characters.
Best game of 2022 for me, play on hard mode though if you have experience with this genre.
While it does share a look with Final Fantasy Tactics, I think a better comparison would be the Shining Force games; instead of customizable units capable of becoming any type of fighter, the customizing comes in choosing what kind of units to field in the fights. Also, you can change the difficulty between battles, so if you are finding what you chose to not hit the sweet spot of what you want, by all means take it up or down a notch! Like Erick, I highly recommend this game, even New Game + mode is fun, as the battles scale up to continuity provide a challenge.
I played it 5 times in a row. So yes. Yes it is. Easily my 2022 GotT.
This game actually helped me officially get into and understand turn based rpgs after trying many, so, thank you Triangle for showing me the way to something that is priceless and very special to me 😍
Very excited to see this video! I just picked up the game over the weekend. First strategy RPG for me in a long time.
Best game for 2022 for me! 👍🏼
Use hard mode on new game+ when completing the branches of the story tree. 👍 Good video!
Looks like a pretty enjoyable game.
Best srpg since the ps2 era
I agree
Yes!
No, because SMT Devil Survivor and Valkyria Chronicles exist. But still very good game.
@@nr2676 you must not have played Stella Deus or Suikoden Tactics
Fire Emblem exist guys. Is the best j srpg on the market with the highest budget and quality.
Yes, yes and yes. Is probably my favorite SRPG and a masterpiece of art and entertainment!
Absolutely agree with you, only that you don't have to finish the game once to go the golden route. Actually, I accidentally went the golden route on my first playthrough, and it's tough.
Fantastic video. Triangle Strategy was the first SRPG I played all the way through and my #2 overall game of last year just behind GoW Ragnarok. I wish Tactics Orge was more like it because I’ve had a tough time getting into Ogre despite still enjoying aspects of it.
Triangle Strategy is the Switch Goty of 2022 for me 😄 ! Without any "BUT" or "IS NOT MY CUP OF TEA" 😄
I would also recommend this masterpiece to Game of Thrones fans. No magic crystals here, this is a literal and well written game of thrones and the stakes are very high.
*Spoiler*
Salt Crystal are the Crystals in this game.
Nice FF cameo, imo.
was expecting much of this game but ooh boy am i shocked and pumped. im 10 hours in and loving every sec
I really like this game alot! One thing I only missed are the more "fantasy" -esque parts. Battle with monsters or something down the line.
Reading the title I was thinking you would talk about type advantages and disadvantages where the game is too easy when you have the high ground and it's a slog when you don't and you rather not have arbitrary restrictions to a game.
Every restriction in a game is arbitrary.
@@GeraltofRivia22 not a good excuse there saying "everything is bad". Games give bonus damage of a bit while the negative can make you do little to nothing in the worst of examples
You're often more in disadvantage than advantage, especially in number, but i feel the game it's fair most of the time if you know how to use the terrain. The battle of Frederica is an example, while fighting in a bridge and also watching that some npc cross safely can be stressing, the fact that it's only one path helped me: i froze everything with Corentin my goat, and the enemy barely could advance on ice, the i used Erador as a kind of wall in the only path and attacked with mages. Those restrictions can be dealt changing units, i don't feel the game's conditions arbitrary but that's my feeling.
Your choices don't matter only one route uses them and the choice at the end the rest doesn't matter story wise
Love how the Golden Route makes EVERY recruitable character you've acquired necessary for the final conflict. Nobody gets to sit on the sidelines. Everyone has a use.
Especially Anna. Anna is queen.
Anna was OP as hell.
Anna peak character. But the best route is the Frederica's one imho.
@@valeriomarcopoli1669 Yeah, I like Frederica's route the best too, the Golden Route felt almost unrealistic to me.
Was there a conflict surrounding the distribution and import/exportation of salt? With the US being a central player? I really don’t understand that quote.
This video sold me on this game. Just getting into SRPGs myself. Well done!
I actually think this is the best modern SRPG for beginners to start with as it's very easy to get into and has the depth that those who go hardcore are looking for. This game basically takes a lot of the better aspects of multiple SRPGs, it has Fire Emblem's class progression without the weapon triangle or having to worry about gear configuration, it has the movement style of FFT and TO: Reborn with a better camera lol. Also I think the reason there tends to be complaints about it being a visual novel is because almost all the dialogue is actually voice acted so you notice it way more, but it's honestly no different then anything from previous SRPGs. This is also probably the friendliest SRPG in almost all terms across the board even taking the mechanic from Super Robot Wars where if you lose a battle no sweat, you get to keep all the XP and Levels you've earned so just keep trying, explore your options with no fear, it's ok.
I've been looking forward to this game. Glad to hear and good video.
I like the game a lot but I played ~5 hours and there were 4 maps that whole time lol. At least the beginning is half srpg half visual novel.
I’m glad you praised the conviction mechanics though. I thought it was a really cool, unique system that other people don’t give the game enough credit for.
I thought it would be good. There is way too much focus on things that don't really matter in a tactics game to me. I don't care about influencing party members or anything. I want to develop my characters into enemy slayers and destroy the game (or get pwnd and try again). I don't even want to wander around cities. I'm glad others like the game though.
Yes the Scales of Conviction do add "weight" to your decisions hehehe
I miss so much old srpgs where they are just battle some scenes then battle battle battle
I bought it on launch. I believe the story is very good, I didn't get the perfect ending but I'm very happy with the ending i got, it felt just right.
How does this game compared to tactics over Reborn? I'll eventually get around to playing both however I am curious to see what viewers and commenters think.
Triangle Strategy is very balanced and difficult. Tactics Ogre is kind of a mess with its infinite amount of job classes, mechanics, items, etc. but also insanely fun.
@@apnwu369 Thanks for your thoughts. Much appreciated.
I actually found the Action points system to be a very elegant way of managing skills in battle. Most MP systems kinda dull out after a certain point in most srpgs/jrpgs, but with a preset amount of a handful of points that you can slightly upgrade as you go skill management scales alongside the difficulty of the game.
Still playing the game but I love it already 😺👍The story is fantastic 👏
Its a visual novel with occasionally tactis battle. Be prepared to 1-2h cutscenes between battles
I like my tactical jrpg's so this is up my alley I also love the art 🎨 😍
I have this game on the backlog. My goal is to get back to it. This video helps with that, so thanks! Eric what happened to the buttrock intro?! I miss it :(
What reference to the US? Seems more in line to British history, but ok....
Thanks for the video! It helped me decide to shell out the cash for this, and I must say it's not a wasted purchase! Thanks dude!
I'm on the fence about buying this game just because I have so little free time that I don't want to get stuck waiting on a bunch of cutscenes when I just want to jump in and play the game when I have small amount of free time to myself. That's one thing I loved about the old Fire Emblem games! There were very very short cutscenes between battles and that was it.
I could not take my hands off of it. New ips are rare nowadays and a srpgs like this one is 💪. Played two routes ❤️
Is Triangle Strategy worth playing?
Yes it most definitely is worth playing👍👍
I thought the story wasn't engaging at all honesty. I loved the gameplay thought, really feels like a successor to Tactics.
Great review, this game really deserves reviews like this!
I’m not a huge SPRG fan but I adored this game. The story and characters were awesome and the combat system was amazing too. Can’t recommend this enough. And yes I’ve played final fantasy tactics and tactics ogre. This game is just as good in my opinion. 9/10 would recommend.
One of my favorite games of the past year
Was on the fence about buying this game until this review. Gonna pull the trigger and get it.
I'm just waiting for a sale for it.
Short answer? Yes! It is a very begginer-friendly game for those who want to delve into strategy games. After playing this, my next recommendation is going for Tactics Ogre Reborn.
masterpiece, nothing more to say.
This game is so much like Tactics Ogre and Final fantasy tactics, I think it's dumb to not compare and see that it's basically the same, and yeah, these three games are my favorite games of all time
REALLY hoping this comes to PS and/or Xbox sometime in 2023.
I loved this game
thank you, this resolve my questions, was wondering if I should try TS.
The pacing in the beginning turned me off straight away. I want to love this game, but it doesn't click with me.
Very happy to read and see that so many people enjoy it though! It's very well done and deserves a try from anyone remotely interested in JRPGS/SRPGS.
I think this was my game of the year last year. I absolutely loved it!
Have you played Fantasian(Hironobu Sakaguchi)?
What i dont like more, is stupid training battles farm, like they did it in TO Reborn. It would be ideal for this story focused game not to be able to power lvl outside of story and side battles, and make some respec items to prevent soft lock. That would be the level of difficulty and tactics persisted throughout the game.
I played it 3x in a row to get all the characters.
The only game I repley it right after finished it.
I enjoyed it. I think the decision to also have a true ending was a bad decision, since the game is about making heavy choices.
An ending that can only be obtained on a new game plus. Forcing you to play the whole thing again. I really hate when developers do that, specially if you can get the requirements already on a first playthrough, making it so that you get a different outcome in spite of doing the exact same thing!
Actually, that's not true at all. You absolutely _can_ get it on your first playthrough. Its more ideal to wait because its hard to get enough characters to do it on your first playthrough, though.
It also could be hard to get the exact routes you need because you don't have enough conviction to sway your allies.
You can absolutely get the Golden Ending on the first play through, although you'll likely want to look up a guide so you can know which routes and actions to take to reach it. My friend somehow stumbled his way into it, but I'm doing a second run through to get it myself. I can tell you that while there is a fair amount of set pieces no matter the route, I'd estimate that maybe 30-40% of the story fights can change based on what path you took.
it's more strategic than fire emblem
Fire Emblem is basically strategy games for little kids now, triangle strategy is so much better
Who cares which one is better. They're BOTH fantastic period.
@@dickmonddickelheimer9452 They're both great.
@DragonHeart613 imo I don't think Fire Emblem has done anything great since Radiant dawn on the wii. However I acknowledge that path of radiance, Radiant dawn and genealogy of the holy war are all excellent games and the blazing blade was pretty good too. Modern fe has been considerably dumbed down imo
Damn hahah, love it
yes
ONLY?! 40 minute reading sessions? Yikes
I gotta try out the Octopath Traveler 2 demo…
Great vid
If this is not worth playing, I honestly don’t know what SRPG is.
The oversaturated bloom effect is annoying, but that's really the only criticism I have of this game, everything else looks amazing
Worth playing? Yes, absolutely. Worth playing four times? Hrm.
Man, so sad this wasn't released on PS4/5. I don't want a Switch becase I'm very invested in the Playstation ecosystem.
It is
Erh…
I guess i will give it another try.
TOP 10 JRPGs THAT PISS THE CRAP OUT OF ME GRINGO
Yes it is worth playing. The story was better than most games in this genre.
uhhh you dont need to beat the game at least once to get the true ending its recommended too because of the lack of units for it on a first run but not needed i did the golden aka true ending route on my first run and while hard as hell is possible lol thanks for the misinformation there anyway though...
I don't know...don't think it's a masterpiece.
Good game but far from perfect
The video I wanted
Reminds me of Phil Jackson
I just don't like the visual style of this and Octopath Traveler. Feels like I need to put on some glasses and that the light is from a gas lamp that is two feet away.
Fedrerica's ending is best ending
My switch lite screen broke while playing this game
Im not really into SRPGs, I dont want to make strategies every fight i just wanna enjoy games at my pace.
Thanks to this game and FE 3 Houses for being so begginer friendly so that I can enjoy their great stories even if I just play straight foward without thinking like its Chess.
I changed your 69 likes into 70
depends on if you like 2-3 hour visual novel between actual gameplay lmao
Played through it twice, did not realize there's a 'true ending'. Uh oh.
BEST GAME EVER
hi
i'm not stranger for this kind of games, previously played Disgaea 2, and tried playing Utawarerumono the original one.
but the problem with these games is.. they are very unforgiving. and quite annoying! so i dropped them.
The demo made me want to actively avoid the story. Immediately it came across as dry and boring. I'm sure the gameplay is excellent and right up my alley, but I can't do too much dry writing in long cutscenes.
My biggest gripe with the game may be that it takes 4 playthroughs to get all the characters.