Federico D'Hage

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 The second chapter of Triangle Strategy introduces a few new concepts. The first is exploration events, short scenes where you control Serenoa as he goes rooting through strangers' possessions for items and learning more about his philosophical convicti This battle is a little step up from the tutorial battle back in Chapter One, but it's still not too tough. This battle is when you're introduced to the Battle Preparation menu. Here, you can decide the placement of your units and even head to the Encampment for last-minute shopping if nee At many points in the game, you will be required to answer a question in a way that develops one of these Convictions. Your Conviction levels will affect the characters you can recruit and how easy it will be to convince characters to go along with your choices - which is very important at certain poi There is an aspect of the sound that is not perfect. The voice acting, for about 80% of it, is great in English. The acting isn’t the problem though, it’s the amount of dialogue. Many fractured scenes take players back and forth on the map, even if a scene is continued from that same po The Fire Emblem series hasn't utilized the direction units face as a game mechanic, although other strategy RPGs such as Final Fantasy Tactics do. Triangle Strategy takes after Final Fantasy Tactics by including unit direction - where players place their units is always going to be important in both Fire Emblem and Tournament rewards Triangle Strategy , but players will have to also consider the direction their unit faces in the latter. Whenever a unit is hit from behind, they’ll take a critical hit - something players want to protect their units from and utilize when they see an enemy open 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 This tourney is only a mock battle, but it's a mock battle that you have to win. After all, you can't let Hyzante embarrass you! After some preamble about the structure of the event, you'll get right down to And now for the main event. Will you see House Wolffort through the moral ambiguity of working alongside Sorsley? Or will you attempt to report his wrongdoings directly to Hyzante? Here's how to make Serenoa's friends see the value of each appro During the short cutscene, you will be given a prompt and you have three choices for how to answer. This is part of the game's Conviction system . As you play the game, Serenoa will develop his Convictions for three different philosophies: Utility, Morality, and Liber 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 Units have a greater sense of individuality in Triangle Strategy compared to in the Fire Emblem series, partly due to its mechanics regarding unit death. In the Fire Emblem series, from Three Houses to Shadow Dragon , units whose HP reach 0 can never battle again. Most are considered dead, while others who are more relevant to the plot are said to have sustained injuries that don’t allow them to battle anymore. The only exceptions are the main characters, who if they die the player gets a game over and must replay the entire map ag Anna will agree with this path if you have 'Defying the Holy One' in your inventory. You'll have either received this from Chapter 8's Exploration Phase, or you won't have; it depends on which location your version of the chapter is set wit 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 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 Today, you'll be exploring the outside of Castle Wolffort intending to locate Lord Dragan. You can talk to him without ending the exploration - you don't actually have to talk to him at all to progress - you can only end the event by pressing the Plus butt Once the battle is over, revel in your victory and watch the following scenes. Unfortunately, you don't get to control the battle against the Dawnspear - but it's probably for the best. Oh, well. At least that is chapter two of Triangle Strategy compl