
Rather than moving characters around at random, players need to protect each character’s back, or else they’ll leave themselves open for a critical blow. What makes Triangle Strategy’s combat stand out is its emphasis on careful troop placement. Fights have more personality as a result and don’t just feel like faceless battles. Roland is a horse-riding lancer who can stab through multiple enemies, while Frederica is a spell-casting fire mage that can set squares ablaze. Rather than using generic troop classes, players get a set roster of heroes, each of which has its own special moves. Much like Fire Emblem, players strategically move troops around a grid and defeat opposing forces by selecting attacks from an RPG menu.

Turn-based tactical combat is the game’s primary strength.

As you’d expect, that leads to lots of battles. Players control a traveling band of troops, led by the generically stoic Serenoa, as they travel the continent looking to untangle a dense political conflict that’s been raging for decades. The comically titled Triangle Strategy is a tactical RPG that takes place in the middle of a trade war between three countries on the continent of Norzelia.
