Triangle Strategy After 100 Hours - One of the BEST of All-Time
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- I've put over 100 hours into Triangle Strategy on the Nintendo Switch and I have a bit more I want to talk about.
*Thanks to Nintendo for the review copy*
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I said it before that this is S-E at its best. Focusing on gameplay and story, being creative with the art style, and creating music that fits like a glove. This is the Square & Enix that we knew in the 90’s.
You know Sqaure is woke now right? Go check out what their Ethics Department just did to the Chrono Cross remaster. LOL try not to suck off a company before knowing what they are really about. 90s Sqaure is gone forever my dude
@Worst Case Scenario why do you disagree I was there too in the 90s but don't know much about this game
@Worst Case Scenario With you on that, 90's was 1000% better
i just wish the protag or the close friends are more evil. maybe playing too much darkest dungeon
Just started playing this game over the weekend and that's what I was telling someone else. That this was the type of game you either bought or rented on a whim that ended up being a hidden gem. Trying not play it tonight and just watch some videos so I can actually get a decent night's sleep.
Im on second playthrough and aiming for golden route..The story is really really good, i dont know how to explain it, but depend on who you gonna side with, you will feel like watching different kind of movie but with same character. And on 2nd playthrough the battle is much harder and easy at the same time depend on how much you grind to upgrade your equipment on you first playthrough.i feel like this game will end up become hidden gem like radiant historia.
I had MULTIPLE save points during my 1st play through and would go back every X path to see what another path looked like to avoid a 2nd playthrough per se haha
@@oscarore5520 the game is 100% made to be played straight through with you making different choices the second time. Kinda felt like a new game on my second run
@@sammadden5540 I feel you. I just didn't want to deal with all the prior dialogue to do a 2nd run. End of the day I felt like I squeezed out the most amount of story I could in "1" gameplay.
radiant historia is peak🔥🔥
I finished all four routes and did a deathless run at around 175 hours. I love this game a lot and would still consider playing it a 6th time this year lol.
Did you beat it hard new game + deathless yet? If not, that’s your 6th time.
ok you beat me, i played for 120h+ and only finish 2 ending include true ending. I play in normal mode, max all char to lv 50
Love your enthusiasm for this game! Im about 15 hours in and cannot stop telling everyone how much Im enjoying it
Thanks for talking about this game! I almost skipped it because I was pretty busy with work and I knew Kirby was around the corner. After hearing your praise, I decided to play the new demo and was hooked. Bought the game and I am LOVING it! Definitely my favorite strategy rpg
I love the story, tactics, progression, and replayability with the conviction system and the choices. It'd be nice if the characters could change classes like in FFT, but there are more characters in this with defined roles.
Do you still feel like you have enough freedom to play with character builds?
I was a bit stumped not seeing a single review mentioning FFT where I saw it really similar. Planning on getting this but if I don't feel enough freedom to play with character builds I might not.
gonna have to get this game it looks gorgeous
I just started the game and i really like it so far. I think the story is excellent, and i don't mind all the talking in the beginning. It really builds the world. I saw other reviewers who talked like that was a negative. In my opinion it's necessary, in order to build the story. I think its cool getting to know all the characters. Im only a few hours in, so i have only done the first battle. But it was cool because by the time it ended i felt like i had a good understanding of basic combat. Although i know its much much deeper. And i feel like i have a really good understanding of the world and the characters. Which for me ,im glad it goes to such depths to make the game immersive. I can tell already its gonna be really good
You`re right, the game is terrific. Played it at normal, which is quiet a fair challenge. The Graphics are lovely, the music mostly great. The voice acting too. Especially the narrator and Benedict. You can easily sink into this game like a dream. Thank you for your excellent review !
it's my favorite of the year! It was the exactly the cozy breath if fresh air I needed this year.
Definitely going to be an underrated gem of a game. It's honestly getting way more positive takes than I expected from something of this genre. I was expecting a lot of mixed reviews before launch saying it's not as good as FFT or not like FE. Everything is amazing about this game. I think the people saying it has too much story need to give it a chance to get going. Once you're past the early section of the game, this really becomes a fantastic combination of both story and gameplay. The battles are balanced really well to reward strategic gameplay while also not hard punishing you for losing.
Without spoiling the story it’s pretty deep. I was surprised that the story was willing to go there. It not a kid story. Also after the demo the amount of time spent reading versus actually playing changes. In demo it feels like you are reading so much but after chapter three which the demo ends you don’t read as much. I think it because they spend time to world build
but the end can be really reading heavy as well...at least the ending I got first.
I just wanna say... its great to see a gamer who's in shape, who also actually gives legit perspective on the games 🔥
Dang, popped up on my TH-cam Home Page, like games and a Niner's fan. You got me. Subscribing.
No sponsored copy & honest opinions. Appreciate it man. Subbed!
I finished Triangles Strategy but only once the Roselle story line. I might come back for the secret ending... If it is significant.
I love you
I bought the game on sale not too long ago on a whim, & based on what I've been hearing I am glad I did! Haven't gotten around to trying it yet but am thinking about doing so!
Great video man. I've been watching reviews from major content creators in both English and Spanish language and I wasn't fully convinced to give this game a try. As soon as you said you've put a hundred hour into it, I was sold. The fact that a strategy game sold for the current times prices could give you that amount of playtime was all I needed to hear.
This is my fist video I watched from your channel. I'll definitely dive in into your content.
Cheers from south the river!
Really hooked, currently on chapter 12, somehow at 20 hours. Unpopular opinion, I actually like how there isn't a job system. Although my main criticism, is that I do also think dialogue can be a bit excessive and redundant at times. But yeah excellent game. Also can't decide if I wanna use narve or ezana...
Why not both?
I like the set roles as well. It likely makes the game more balanced because the devs can anticipate roughly where your levels, gear, abilities etc. are. I'm up to around the same point in the story and none of the maps have ever felt like a downgrade compared to earlier ones or too challenging without being asked to deliberately grind for more than a few mock mental battles at the bar to catch up a handful of people who need an extra level to be at the recommended one. Also I think I like ever party member because they all are unique in what they can do.
This has me so excited to get it on PC this week. Can't wait!
Been playing this game for a week and I love it! I'm glad this style of gaming is still going!
you're right, this definitely woulda flown under my radar, but I'm definitely gonna get it now
Bro. When it came out I thought about you after seeing you open the box set. I loved this game. Played it through 4 times hardmode. And plan to play it all over again athousand times because this story is amazing.
Ayo! I'm so so glad that you are showing some love to this game. I'm doing a let's play on this game this game and I really wish the reception was bigger because I am just absolutely amazed by this game! Hopefully the audience will grow over the years as this is a rare one of a kind game! Dedicating not 1 but 2 videos for this 1 game is it's really great to see man keep up the great job!
Great breakdown of the game. Couldn't agree with you more about how gaming is becoming so predatory nowadays, like it's training the next generation to become addicted gamblers. This was a real throwback and breath of fresh air. This was the most memorable tactical rpg I've played since Tactics Ogre: Knight of Lodis and Final Fantasy Tactics.
Great video!! I love the way that you talk about the game!!
Not even very far into the game yet but I love how some decisions change the story entirely. I was watching a streamer and had to stop because just one decision has changed everything from events to maps for (so far) the following two chapters. Usually this kind of "decisions" at best veer off into a different path but it typically shifts back into the same or very very similar storyline. Not to mention how surprisingly unique and interesting a lot of the classes are. Constantly having a hard time deciding which ones to bring to a specific battle. I want to use them all.
Stumbled on your video on my feed, love your passion brother, I'mma subscribe. 👍🏽
for me its not the best strategy RPG but its underrated for sure. Its a 9/10 in my opinion and I think most reviewer didn't play very far.
actually tactical RPG, as there is a difference
Yusei255 what’s the difference?
@@ssssssstssssssss strategie is sometime more real time like starcraft for example. but remove the real time element and strategy and tactic rpg are probably too similar to dissossiate.
@@ssssssstssssssss Tactics is the methodology of obtaining an objective, in this case, claiming victory in the laid out battle. Strategy typically takes longer to realize and therefor fits better with 4x games that control resources over a long period of time, without too much change. Now they aren't exclusive mind you. Tactics are used to accomplish a strategy but that being said, in a game like this... The core theme is the battle to battle tactics, not a grand strategy that fits every encounter. Adapt and overcome on a singular battle bases summarizes this game better than long term strategy. With all that said, they do go hand in hand and nobody should really be bothered so heavily to correct someone over the genre term since its so minuet. At least, in my opinion.
@@ssssssstssssssss As far as I know, Tactical RPGs are like this one: grid and turn-based combat.
Final Fantasy Tactics, Fire Emblem and XCOM are all examples of TRPGs.
This game looks amazing! I can't wait to give it a try when I get a chance.
I agree it’s a lot better than fire emblem in multiple ways, particularly with balancing (units don’t often die in a single hit), height and terrain effects, and the creativity of magic and ranged attacks and abilities. Fire Emblem does give more control over your units’ roles and handles certain mechanics differently, but imo some of these are handled poorly like 3H’s class balancing. However, IS should at least really take notes on how to write proper story variance because players have wanted choices that matter for a long time and they just haven’t delivered beyond easily defined route splits.
It seems you have to play through triangle strategy five times if you want to use every character at least once. I didn’t even unlock some of the other conviction based characters, so I’m excited to see if I can track my progress to get as many as possible.
this game came in clutch during quarantine
Got the game, trying to finish Elden Ring at least once before I can devote my time to Triangle Strategy
Glad to hear I’ve got another good game to dive into next. Old school FFTactics fan so it’s right up my alley.
Damn, bro this is exactly the video I was looking for. Have a sub
This is a very good video I can see the enthusiasm and it’s swinging me towards getting the game. i did enjoy the demo they released a while ago and absolutely love complete games without DLC. Still playing Octopath and I always got a lot out of that. Thanks!
I love the fact that each time
The game has me make a choice I need to put the game down for 20 minutes and really consider which option I feel is best. Followed by then you trying to sell it to everyone else. This game truly went above and beyond my expectations.
Great review! On my New Game+ playthrough for the Golden Route! Definitely pushed aside Strangers of Paradise for Triangle Strategy 😅
I couldn't agree more about to being the best representation for true gaming. How it's full of content right from the start and has rewards for the dedicated players.
With that said, I would cry tears of joy if they decided to put the cast of Octopath as DLC party members. God forbid they include small stories when recruiting them, I may die from "fanboy-ing" too hard.
You and me both😭💀
Does anyone even remember those ultra-generic characters? I honestly don't even remember their names.
@@robinmattheussen2395 H’aanit was my favourite
Loved the game!!!! Got the fredrica ending my first run, going for the true ending my 2nd time thru, but grinding a few characters I didn't use in the encampment first to switch up the game play
Solid review! I have to admit I really been enjoying it. Great game to take your time with. Really does remind me of yester year styles. Worth it totally in my opinion.
Even though you're so wrong about Tales of Arise 😁 I completely agree with you about this one. So addicting, I'm completely in love with it. I'm about 40 hours in, and I don't want it to ever end, lol. Easily JRPG GOTY for me. It's gonna be really hard to beat for the remainder of this year 💯💯
I’m still on my first play through and on chapter 13 and I’m really enjoying the game. I can’t wait for another play through to see what’s different with choices.
Awesome feedback!
100 hours... that's it? I'm almost done with my 2nd playthrough though
Agree with this review, am 15 hours in and am loving the story, only thing that sort of bothered me was how long the conversation/notes/ etc....were. Another note as of 15 hrs in, personally wish their were more battles, more ranks, and more opertunnities for searching for inventory items.
I love how the game really makes your decisions feel impactful and everything flows almost perfectly even though there are multiple paths. I am in the middle of my 3rd playthrough and I will be playing at least one more time through the game, to both get all of the side stories and to unlock every possible route, as well as beat the NG+ LV50 on hard mode.
I love the game so far I just had to switch to Japanese dub for better experience 😎
Aw I'm still debating whether to get it or not but think I might after your video 👍🏼 new subscriber ✌🏼
This review made me buy the special edition, thank you!
I can’t get over how much this games looks like an indie instead of a $60 game
Personally I love the HD 2d style over the full 3d style of other tactics games, reminds me of final fantasy tactics for the gba
Completely agree with your opinions on the cast (11:00). So far, all characters have been useful in different situations, and Medina is FIRE!!!
I'm on chapter 9, and 23 hours in!
subbed and convinced to buy this game thanks bro
I was telling someone, we only get a game like this every 7-10 years
My copy recently arrived. Question. Three Houses seems to be overall the deeper game but it sounds like TS may be the more cohesive experience. Do you agree?
The demos were great, made me buy it when it was released.
Honestly I wanted it to be deeper on a per character level but somewhere into my second run the late game stragety really clicked and it feels like the right amount of skills per character considering the squad sizes
Good to know. I'm on chapter 5 I think and it's pretty cool so far
I agree! I’m on play through three (new game plus plus - yep it’s brutal!) and 110 hours but I paused for Kirby for a hot minute x
I agree with you Triangle Strategy is great game. Thanks for giving your insight about the game.
Borrowing a copy from my little brother, so I have nothing to lose in not playing it to completion, been looking at reviews to see what I got myself into. It's hard for me to get into it, because I am flat out tired of European feudal kingdom backgrounds. I grew up playing Legend of Zelda and I am exhausted of it.
Trying to play past the bias since my bro was hyped on it but that's a stumbling block for me. The game is story heavy and it's hard to get into it when you are bored with characters and setting on sight.
I was able to get past it and enjoy Fire Emblem 3 houses, now it's one of my all time favorites with over 200 hours. Hopeful for this to one to do the same.
You rule P.E.!
Thanks man. I'm a HUGE FF Tactics fan and keep debating if I will enjoy this. I just put over 75 hours into Rune Factory 5 and want another game to bounce to on the switch because I don't really play many games on it. I have the demo, but only played an hour so far. I'll have to give it more playtime.
The demo doesn't do this game justice. I almost didn't even buy the game cause of it. I will say though. the game is slow to start. lots of story before you get to tactics, but after a while you begin to understand the cadence the game offers. I quickly grew to enjoy the story breaks between fights. and the quality of life features are nice. Definitely a top tier choice if you revere FF tactics. (my favorite tactics game of all time).
If you like FF Tactics this is going to be your jam. I had to stop on just about every choice I had with even seemingly simple questions I was given answer prompts for in NPC towns. Lo and behold these choices do matter and everything is in a wider political narrative.
I'm really excited about this one. Octopath didn't do it for me because of their little, separated stories. But this one seems to have a grand, single story. Although, I'm not really into TRPGs. I like them, but they can get overwhelming for me because of all the variables they can have so, gameplay-wise, I'd prefer something like Octopath.
The grinding in this game is so good that GT7 is so jealous bcos Triangle Strategy is for gamers not investors.
Sick niners hat
Love this game been playing non stop since released day.
I'd rather play balan wonderworld
Man your dedicated I am looking to get this game but I’m planning Rune Factory 5😊
This game does some things absolutely amazingly. My only issue with the game is that it has a bit to much dialogue. At times I felt like I was playing a story book with a game hidden in it. When it came to the battles though they were complex (especially later in the game) and extremely well done. Character choice is as important as the strats you use. 9 out of 10
Exactly it feels like a visual novel with battle mechanics.
I actually love that aspect of it, but get what ur saying.
I get it and agree with you in that it is like a visual novel with battle mechanics...... but i loved it, loved the story & the characters...
The demo put me off the game. I love reading, but in games I like just enough story to give my characters motivation. I’m not a fan of too much story in games. I like to use my imagination, for the story to unfold through what happens in gameplay for the most part. Straight after the first battle in the demo there are twenty cut scenes in a row taking between one and two hours to get through. I wasn’t digging the story and didn’t find the characters likeable so quit at that point and read a book instead.
@@PaulRoneClarke Totally agree. I think this is what all the great RPGs do right. They have the right balance between gameplay and story.
Excellent game. Just finished my second playthrough at 50 hours. Incredibly good story, music graphics. My only gripes would be the voice acting was pretty bad, some characters were bland, and they do that bs that most JRPG's do which forces you to split up your party and use under leveled characters in the secret path. I actually didn't need to grind to win though even in my second playthrough. I never had to grind, there were so many different ways to exploit the AI, your team has so many options, I was developing strats on the fly and screwing over the AI at every turn. It felt great lol, and I had so much fun.
It is great. But no Fire Emblem tho
I am 57, played and finished the game. Outstanding game!!! Great story and characters! One of the best games I have played on the Switch. I hated Fire Emblem 3 Houses.... Loved this game!
I'm on third playthrough, NG++.
Played hard the entire time. Actually did Golden Route first playthrough on hard.
First and second playthrough were considerably tougher than playthrough 3. The vender unlocks materials and rarer consumables which make the game a lot easier to cheese.
First two playthroughs they really restrict the best consumables you can purchase and the upgrade materials.
But is Cloud in it.... jk. I am planning on picking this up soon for sure.
The only thing I disagree with you is the voice acting. It's not very good. There are some characters that are very well acted (like Benedict), but others are rough. Sycras, in particular, was REALLY bad.
umm I beat this game 4x to get all endings, it doesn't have 100hrs of content, also the gameplay isn't very good, character progression sucks, too many characters, too many units on the field. story was at least good. but not as good as FFT. anyway story is basically a rip off of GoT.
Fantastic, I haven’t picked it up yet but it’s been getting my attention, loved your video on it man. Agree with your difficulty, if it’s set too easy, you are missing the strategy end of the srpg
"No game is perfect", and then BAMN! Amazing Frog drops over his head.
I'm so sorry, bro.
PS: Great review, so much so that I'm gonna play it.
best visual novel all-time maybe, but not all-time best SRPG. TS pales in comparison from FFT, FE, Tactics Ogre and Disgaea. Story is great but gameplay isn't THAT good. Customization is nowhere near what we expected (not even half as much character progression compared to some indie games like Fell Seal). Conviction system is quite unique though, you don't have that much control over the decisions; that's a new mechanic and I like that you don't fully control the outcome because your party has to vote. There are also some cool level designs and character abilities that keeps you piqued.
However, the cutscenes take WAY too much time. If you're spending an hour to get all the cutscenes and character stories before getting in a 20-min story battle, you can hardly call it an SRPG. It's a visual novel game with SRPG elements to it.
Probably 10/10 as a visual novel game, but a 6/10 at best as SRPG.
Is it similar to octopath traveler? I haven't play any RPG for such a long time, and I'm thinking about playing: Bravely Default (3ds), Octopath (NSW) and this one..
This video hit my recommended at the perfect time. This game is 50% off on Steam until March 23 of 2023. Also during that time other Square Enix games are heavily discounted. I picked up Tactics Ogre Reborn as well.
I personally didn't care for the game all that much, made it through one play through. The battles took 0 brain power. I suppose if they didn't market this as modern final fantasy tactics I'd say the game is ok at best.
The strategy is taken out of your hands in favor of character/world building. Want to make a host of mages or knights to solve the map? well you can't. This makes the game feel like an auto battler on a grid, because if you die you keep all your xp. even if you call it quits 4 turns in, you keep your xp. Eventually you will just power creep through the map. Rinse and repeat.
Most of the side stories just felt contrived, you can skip them it won't change your opinion on anything or give you insight on something about the character you didn't already know.
I love the concept, its kind of there. OH and the music is an abomination, hearing slap stick jazz during the first bandit interaction was a real let down. The music is well written, it just doesn't really fit the scene leading to more of the contrived feeling. This game reminded me alot of SRPG Gungnir on PSP.
now for fire emblem, i will NEVER ever consider it sane as the calamity spin off of botw. even if its 1.99 usd.
I'm mainly a PC and Playstation guy, but I used to be hardcore Nintendo fan until the Nintendo Cube. This game along with Octopath and some other JRPGS, also monster hunter, are making me want to buy a Switch Lite and I think I'll get a Switch Lite soon.
New viewer here but when I heard 'Nintendo gave me a review copy' I couldn't take it seriously anymore... of course your going to hype this game up when Nintendo sends you stuff, Basically giving what Nintendo want to hear. Rather watch a video on a game that someone went out and actually bought it, yeah you might of bought a 'special' edition of it but myself personally don't believe in it, its just tactics to increase your TH-cam viewings and maybe get Nintendo on board again with other games. Do you have any other videos where Nintendo sends you a game and you hated it? probably not. Just biased, to increase your viewings and Nintendo's bank account gets fatter from people buying it from your review/s.
So I am a SRPG vet but plan to go into this game completely blind, aka not looking up any sort of advice. How difficult will it be trying to play thru on Hard mode for the very first playthru? I want a challenge, but just want to know what sort of challenge to expect. Thanks in advance!
Actualy trying it, i have mixed feeling about the maps and story is basic. TS is good but i think i've seen all type of story telling. Thats why i don't enjoy a lot. Or maybe i'm too old for video games.
At least have shown the time stamp to show you have played the game that long. Because you mentioned the over 100 hours alot in the video. I liked the story until about 20 hours in and i got bored listening to the rambling, They should have stayed with the Final Fantasy Tactics model. Lots of battles then story, not just tons of story and some battles.
Looks like octopath traveler which really turned me off of the game. I'm sure the gameplay is different but still...
I watched your video on engage and triangle strategy and enjoyed them both. I want to know in your opinion which should I pick up with my game voucher for Nintendo?
No its not. I cant even imagine what people like about this game.
Here is the worst part about this game. You go into a battle, you lose, then you just go into it again or a few more times until you are leveled up, and you win. There is no strategy needed. Just keep playing until you win.
There is nothing fun about this game.
I hated Octopath but I love Triangle Strategy. I haven’t been this hooked since FF:Tactics. After some chapters I have to take a mental break because I choose violence everytime.
Finally got to pick this up today.
Seeing your (and other peoples') reactions has me so stoked to dive in!
Edit: I still think the name is TERRIBLE.
Came back to this gem 2 years later to just confirm and "yeah" Made my top ten games of all time ( i'm 45) and this game is amazing.
After beating the game, the main introductory menu changes a bit (at least after beating it in the golden route, don't know if the other endings also "activate" the alternative introductory menu. Point is, the music Theme during that menu is among the most epic things I've ever heard on a videogame (ps: it is not impossible the music theme was allways there and I just skypped it before...)
Have you played Octopath Traveller? I did and did not love it. Would you say that this game compares to that and in what ways does it improve on OT, if any?
Imagine thinking the voice acting in this game is “absolutely phenomenal”. Really hope he’s not talking about the English voice acting because if he is this review is nonsense.
This game is on my list but I can't bring myself to spending $60, i mean i can but the pandemic has taught me to be frugal. I need a sale to occur first!
Been waiting for this one for a while. Can't wait to see this come out on PS5!
Is that confirmed?
Anyone got any tips for the level where you need to defend Lord Symon? He keeps suiciding deep into enemy mobs, even with the Quietus that can move him away