Triangle Strategy's New Demo & Save Data Transfers Explained
Triangle Strategy releases on March 4, 2022, and a demo has been released on the Nintendo eShop to help people get acquainted with the turn-based strategy gameplay and new story. The demo introduces players to the main character Serenoa, the realm of Norzelia and House Wolffort, and lets them play all the way through to Chapter 3. The gameplay element of high ground and the HD-2D graphics are displayed as well, but the largest selling point for fans of the genre may be Triangle Strategy's conviction system.
Somewhat like Fire Emblem: Three Houses, players will be faced with a pivotal decision early on that will drastically change their Triangle Strategy gameplay on release day — choosing one of three different strategies with the Scales of Conviction. This choice, however, has less to do with the characters players will encounter and more the short-term story, long-term story, and strategic progression of the game. The three separate convictions are Utility, Morality, and Liberty and while the overall outcome of adopting these is still unknown, actions in gameplay — as well as dialogue options in cutscenes — will affect how much a player is tied to a specific ideology.
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This might not seem at first like a game that players uninterested in tactics RPGs might like, but the decision to include a demo is welcome and will let players interested in the game get a head start on the campaign. Strategic systems in games like Final Fantasy Tactics are often complex and the terrain and positioning mechanics of Triangle Strategy seem more in-depth than other games in the genre. The demo not only introduces the story, but it also introduces fans of Octopath
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