Triangle Strategy Reviews

Triangle Strategy is ranked in the 89th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Recommended
Mar 3, 2022

Despite moving slowly in both its story and in combat, Triangle Strategy ultimately rewards your patience.

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IGN
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Mar 9, 2022

Triangle Strategy is shockingly successful at telling a grounded human story in a fantasy world, even if its main cast is extremely dull. That plot is backed up by simple but well-designed and appropriately challenging combat.

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Mar 3, 2022

Triangle Strategy is a great strategic battler, meshed with devilish politicking and weighty decisions. It's just a shame the cast of characters never gets a chance to shine just as bright.

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Metro GameCentral
GameCentral
Top Critic
6 / 10
Mar 7, 2022

A visual novel that offers the occasional diversion into some engaging turn-based strategy but would've been infinitely better if it had curtailed it's long-winded storytelling aspirations.

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8.3 / 10.0
Mar 8, 2022

Playing Triangle Strategy’s battles is probably the easiest and most carefree part of the experience. There’s a lot of fun in strategizing and watching your characters’ abilities shine, and I loved outsmarting the competition. The hardest part of the journey is the choices alongside the bleak realities it makes you confront about injustices of the world. The game has multiple endings, letting you pick your vision for the future. Even with my ending, which was one for a much more idealized, compassionate world, I was left a little disheartened. But, maybe, that’s the point. And for that, Triangle Strategy isn’t like most games you’ll play, which is what makes it special, even if it’s not always perfect in the delivery of its harsh truths.

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Polygon
Top Critic
Unscored
Mar 3, 2022

I’ll always have those moments on the battlefield where Triangle Strategy is willing to meet me halfway — just like it did when it sent me Narve, the wandering mage, who showed up at my encampment the night before a pitched battle, plucky and sincere, to offer his services. His elemental spells were weak, but he had potential. In the morning, I put him next to Rudolph, the bandit whose skill with a bow and affinity for bear traps made him a staunch protector. Narve struggled against a few elite enemies, but Rudolph watched over him. They both emerged unscathed, and became fast friends.

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GameSpot
Top Critic
8 / 10
Mar 11, 2022

Triangle Strategy strips away some classic genre norms while adding extra nuances of its own and a stellar, if sometimes indulgent, story.

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8.5 / 10.0
Mar 11, 2022

Impressive efforts with a few noticeable problems holding them back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash.

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90 / 100
Mar 3, 2022

Triangle Strategy is more than just a solid entry into the tactical RPG genre. Beyond the gameplay quality and its role-playing component, the new Square Enix allows itself the luxury of proposing a story full of unique moments and makes us responsible for the paths that its iconic characters can travel.

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9 / 10
Mar 4, 2022

Triangle Strategy is a beautiful and authentic tactical RPG. Fans of Fire Emblem in particular will love the involving narrative on top of the strategic action - just be prepared for a slow start as it sets its expansive story in motion.

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8.5 / 10.0
Mar 3, 2022

‎Triangle Strategy is an amazing game, but it could be even better if it managed to get rid of the need to spin a classic plot within the JRPG genre. Its mechanics completely eclipse everything that wants to tell us; how you play is a thousand times better than what you play for: the playable synergies between two characters are more stimulating than their dialogues and the pace of the combats is much better measured than that of their conversations.‎

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8 / 10
Mar 9, 2022

If nothing else, Triangle Strategy shows that Square Enix has some fire in its turn-based tactical engine. It just needs to balance its scales between exposition and gameplay a little better.

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8.9 / 10.0
Mar 3, 2022

Triangle Strategy is an intense and rewarding experience, perhaps not gritty, but incredibly solid and deep.

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8 / 10.0
Mar 3, 2022

A real treat for strategy lovers with very well designed combats. Interesting additions such as the voting system are appreciated as well as the decisions and the different endings, which provide a lot of replayability.

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8.5 / 10.0
Mar 3, 2022

A fantastic and deep adventure, with only a few little issues that hold it back from true greatness.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 31, 2022

Triangle Strategy is a quintessential tactics game, and now that it's on PC even more of you lucky lot will get to play it.

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3 / 5 stars
Mar 18, 2022

Triangle Strategy tells a compelling story that connects with the tough decisions world leaders have made throughout history and today-but even with this strong narrative and well-designed gameplay, the long cutscenes and frustrating UI make the game less than perfect.

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80 / 100
Mar 15, 2022

Triangle Strategy boasts a deep story with an involved battle system that remains fun throughout and approachable to those who might not have a strategic head. The cutscenes can be overly long and choices don't have as big of an impact as they should, but it's still a great strategy game that you can really sink your teeth into.

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95 / 100
Oct 17, 2022

Ultimately Triangle Strategy gets an excellent port, albeit one with fewer frills than we'd like. Still, that's nothing the modding community can't fix in very short order. Performance is fantastic on PC, and equally as good on Steam Deck. While the long-winded story might need work, there's no denying the tactical combat.

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TheGamer
Top Critic
Mar 3, 2022

JRPGs are often juvenile in some manner while trying to push forward a serious narrative, so it’s nice to see something that is mature in its outlook and expects us to come along for the adventure or leave it behind. I was on board from the opening moments and never looked back.

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