Triangle Strategy mixes the high politics and fantasy with a poignant set of character stories, though it’s a bit more complicated here. It’s a well-conceived design choice that gives you substantial variation in how the story unfolds and makes it possible to see all routes without becoming unwieldy. Outside the “true” route, no choice made except in a late-game chapter bars you from obtaining a certain ending. The minister may be breaking laws, but illegal salt often sells for a lower price, making it more affordable to the average person – and deadlier, if a middleman in between cuts it with another less savory substance.Įach major choice splits the main story in at least one way, though all paths eventually meet again at the end. There’s seemingly no morally correct path. You have a choice: expose the minister, which opens a position of influence for Serenoa in Hyzante, or help him in his crimes. Hyzante controls the only source of salt in Norzelia, leading to severe trade imbalances, resentment, and an unwillingness for anyone to oppose Hyzante’s oppression of racial minorities. You uncover evidence that a minister of Hyzante is engaged in illegal salt trading. Take an incident roughly halfway through as an example. At its heart, Triangle Strategy is a dark, multifaceted tale of oppression, skewed morality, and, to a slightly lesser extent, dealing with the consequences of your actions.
The setting and setup might seem like standard RPG fare, but after its rather slow opening chapters, Triangle Strategy routinely surprised me with the directions it takes. The story centers around Serenoa, recently named lord of House Wolffort, one of Glenbrook’s high houses, as Aesfrost invades his country and shatters decades of peace. Norzelia, the continent on which Triangle Strategy takes place, is a small place with three ruling powers: Hyzante, the theocracy Aesfrost, brutal warmongers and Glenbrook, seemingly placid on the surface with fatal currents of treachery underneath the surface. This is how we resolve major dilemmas in Triangle Strategy, and while the Scales of Conviction might seem silly on the surface, they belie a brilliantly conceived tactics game with a surprisingly deep and well-executed story.
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