Triangle Strategy PC review - An excellent port of one of the Switch’s best strategy RPGs

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Back in March 2022, I reviewed Square Enix's Triangle Strategy on the Nintendo Switch. Fast forward a few months later, it is now available on PC. The Artdink-developed single-player title, Triangle Strategy, is easily one of my favorite strategy RPGs on the Switch. It’s up there with Fire Emblem, in my estimation. The game brings something special to the genre and is more than just gorgeous visuals.

The choices you make matter, the story is rich and tragic, and the voting system is undoubtedly unique. Triangle Strategy is easily one of my all-time favorite strategy games, even if it has a pretty ridiculous name. Don’t let that fool you, though - it’s a fantastic title and even has replayability, thanks to multiple endings and more.

In short, the world of Triangle Strategy is ruled by three kingdoms - Aesfrost, the Holy State of Hyzante, and Glenbrook. The three have had a tumultuous relationship, which has led to a war in the past. Serenoa, the son of the Lord of Wolffort, is about to get married to Serenoa of Aesfrost when chaos begins to show its ugly face again.

I’ll avoid talking about the story too much because there are a number of interesting twists and turns, and I don’t like spoiling. The story leans towards tragedy, and I like that in my political RPGs. It makes sense, and I love that actions have consequences in this world. It’s a game built on three principles:

As you play the game, you’ll be forced to make many choices in dialog or decisions on what you do. This will adjust the numbers of these three statistics as they guide your life. They influence a great deal, but you can’t actually see the stats. When you play NG+, however, you can see your principal stats. You'll know when your Convictions have changed,