To say that the hottest pixel turn-based game in recent years, it must be SE's "Eight Travelers" released in 2018, multiple protagonist story lines interspersed with each other, gorgeous pixel special effects and the king's Japanese RPG gameplay combined with each other, in such an era of action games rampant, "Eight Travelers" brings another kind of experience that is both retro and new. 3 and a half years later, SE has started again, the same style, the same producer, the same team, but what brought us is not "Octagon Traveler 2", but a new IP game "Triangle Strategy" with a completely changed gameplay.
Although "Triangle Strategy" is the same engine production as "Eight Travelers", when you really play them, you will find that this thing is actually just a skin of "Eight Travelers". In fact, at about this time last year, "Triangle Strategy" also released a demo version, but because the trial at that time was different from the opening trial, the part obtained was probably in the middle of the game, so it was very difficult for players at that time to be familiar with the system. The trial part of this time is 1 to 3 chapters, the archive can be inherited into the official version, the background story is also clear and clear, and the experience is naturally much better.
Background settings
The background setting this time is the three countries that are very common in the recent ACG circles, metal powers, salt-producing countries, and trading powers, all three countries have their own unique cultural backgrounds. However, due to the shortage of resources between salt and iron, the long-term discord between the two sides soon developed into a war, and this called "salt and iron war" also became the origin of everything in this work. The long battle made the people in various countries unhappy, and soon the three parties could only sit down and negotiate peace, although this peace talk ushered in a temporary peace, but behind the scenes there was a hidden mystery. A conspiracy is looming over a mine development project in which three countries are involved.
The protagonist of this game is the son of a lord of a trading country, and the family is about to be in charge of the entire mine development project. And this day he is about to meet his fiancée from the metal country of the nobility, but at this time the protagonist has not yet discovered that this political marriage will change the pattern of the three countries.....
Although there are only three chapters to play at present, because the theme of this time has considerable room to play, the script of "Triangle Strategy" on the basis of eight parties will certainly not be too bad, and the previous mutual containment between countries and the actions to be taken by the protagonist and his party will be the core of the entire game, or it is worth looking forward to the performance of the official version.
Wargame core
Prior to this, in fact, the wargames played by the old youtiao were very limited, except for the two major series of "Super Robot Wars" and "Fire Emblem" that were basically bought in each game, and basically did not contact more types of wargames. So the gameplay of this game is quite new to me.
First of all, it is the standard equipment of the warboard game - the movement of the grid, which should not need to be said more by the old travels, and the battle round is not the two sides moving round by round, but relying on the speed value of the character to determine the order of action, if it is a cross-level battle is destroyed by the preemptive group is not a strange phenomenon.
Unlike many works, there is no counterattack in this combat mechanism, and the other party has no way to fight back when it hits you, that is, I don't know if there is an automatic counterattack. At the same time, at the end of the battle round, the player can set the face of the character, and when the character's left and right sides and frontal are attacked, it is normal damage. When the character is hit with his back to the enemy, he will be hit by the heart, the damage is greatly increased, and there is also a way to increase the damage is to pinch back and forth, which can cause two pieces of damage. Many old players have pointed out that these combat gameplay is also found in an earlier game, the Royal Knights, but it is still very new for the old youtiao, at least it is no longer a monotonous wargame.
Game classes are basically standard equipment, swordsmen, assassins, knights, archers, mages, priests, class systems can be upgraded, weapons can also be built and upgraded, equivalent to a more detailed division of characters, of course, when fighting, the game will have recommended classes and roles, players can also combine teams according to their hobbies. However, when choosing, you can also focus on the coordination of spells, because spells introduce the setting of elements and elements interacting with each other, ice spells can build walls to separate the battlefield, and fire will turn ice into water, cast thunder spells on the surface of the water to form contagion, wind magic will strengthen the power of fire magic, and so on.
Other settings
Before the game starts, we will receive a reminder that if some of the side lines are not completed in this chapter, they may disappear without doing anything, which means that if you want to fully experience the game, you must complete all the branches in each chapter. If you've played these three chapters, you'll find that most of the side lines are about other supporting characters, and there aren't many combat sidelines for the time being. About this point, the old travel article will hope that the side plot can unlock more details about the background of the world by telling the story, and the characters of the supporting characters are mainly placed on the main line to advance, otherwise the overall is still too monotonous.
"Triangle Strategy" for most players, in fact, the importance is not its wargame attributes, but the excellent performance and emotional blessing in the previous work, after all, people in this era do not have enough patience to play a time-consuming and laborious wargame game, can the old wine and new clothes gain people's love in the end? Let's look forward to the official version together!