It continues Octopath’s aesthetic strengths, using the same mix of 2D sprites and tilt-shift 3D backgrounds to render its game world. Mark TjanĪs may be plain from the naming convention, Project Triangle Strategy is the newest work from the Square Enix creative team that brought us Octopath Traveler. Project Triangle Strategy’s release might be quite a ways off, but it’s now firmly planted on my radar. It’s wonderful to see this style of strategy RPG make a return, and I’m loving Square Enix’s use of demos to implement feedback and make meaningful improvements to their titles. It’s still a massively enjoyable demo overall for fans of the Tactics Ogre and Final Fantasy Tactics series of games. But even these colors can be difficult to differentiate when overlayed upon the dull terrain. Blue squares are out of enemy range, while the purplish ones put you at risk of attack. Similarly, in battle, you see the range of your ally for the turn. Rare glimpses of bright locales show just how clear the game could be, but it’s not at all the norm thus far. The nebulous void surrounding the character sprites only muddies the image further, rather than allowing the characters to stand out from the background.
Namely, the backgrounds and character sprites are lovingly detailed but lack clarity due to the lack of contrast, especially on the Nintendo Switch’s screen. I found it hard to tell the difference between the blue “safe” squares and purple “danger” squares when placed on specific tiles. There are a few things that stood out as not standing out enough. Thankfully, navigating the menus in Bravely Default II’s final demo is vastly improved from the original, so I do hope we see another demo with improvements to Project Triangle Strategy before its 2022 release. If anything, knowing the game had adjusted difficulty encouraged me to experiment more with the unique terrain interactions.Įchoing the Bravely Default II demo process, Project Triangle Strategy’s demo isn’t entirely indicative of the final product, and Square Enix will be conducting surveys for input later. The difficulty has been ramped up for the demo similarly to Bravely Default II’s demos, but thankfully battles never felt too overwhelming. By encouraging the utilization of skills to push enemies away, Project Triangle Strategy quickly establishes many layers of complex strategy to build upon. In my run, the first is a lot simpler and the second makes much better use of terrain. Of course, this demo also comes with three maps to clear (though accessing them depends on the choices you make in the demo). Packed into this one demo is an assortment of what the main game has to offer-everything of interest in the Nintendo Direct announcement and more has an opportunity to shine here. There’s also a chance to investigate, persuade your allies, and cast your votes in a game-changing decision. Certain locales allow free roaming, and you can even recruit a few new allies. In addition to watching the main story, you can also find side stories to check up on characters outside your faction.
I’ll take any opportunity to have such beautiful art appear on-screen. Needless to say, Project Triangle Strategy’s announcement-sans the actual title-landed very well with me, and the demo’s quick availability was another welcome surprise.
When filling up my customary “Nintendo Direct Bingo” sheet, a spiritual successor to Tactics Ogre was absolutely not on my mind. Does it deliver the same nostalgic (but modernized) warm fuzzies as Octopath, or is there still some time before Triangle can go head-to-head with its inspirations? Niki Fakhoori With that in mind, here are Niki Fakhoori and Mark Tjan with their impressions of the demo. Of course, several of our staff members immediately downloaded it to see what Square Enix has on offer! Inspired by classic SRPGs like Tactics Ogre and Final Fantasy Tactics, it was greeted with overwhelming enthusiasm here at RPGFan!Īnd much like “Project” Octopath Traveler before it, Triangle had an immediately available demo available on the Nintendo eShop. One of the most unexpected announcements in the February 17th Nintendo Direct was the next in the series of HD-2D games from Square Enix: Project Triangle Strategy for the Nintendo Switch.
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