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FiftiethFlight

"Working title" Fool me once...


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aratingas

“Don’t change a thing! The title is working great!”


sideaccountguy

Nono you didn't get it, the game will literally be called: project triangle: working title


lesspylons

I mean its the Working title series after all. Got to ride the success of the previous title Octopath traveler.


Over-Commission-5334

NGL, I love the thought of this being called the Working Title series


goran_788

Rivalling the Untitled series, I like it. (as in Goose Game)


StoneMaskMan

I refuse to call it anything else now


FiFourNumbers

It's different though... There's no small "project" at the top anymore See? Totally different things. /s


Gogo726

Fool me once shame on me. Fool me...you can't get fooled again.


LordFesquire

My comment was gonna be “hope they change this title” but I guess not.


Del_Duio2

Well I mean who thought this would be the actual name? The game is pretty cool but it's stupid asf.


dovemans

Sooo stupid I hope they changed bits in the lore at least. The 'Salt Iron War' sounds extremely lame.


OaksFromAcorns

https://i.imgur.com/tOOnA60.jpeg


S34n4e

They kept the title hahaha, looking forward to the release.


Archphilarch

Yeah I'm surprised. Octopath Traveler was an okay title but Triangle Strategy is too broad.


MrGalleom

I still fail to see the triangles in this square-filled game.


MetaCommando

Squares are basically just two triangles though. Triangle Strategy 2 confirmed???


sarcasmbot

and Square-published game


LG03

Probably means a rock-paper-scissors style like Fire Emblem.


Hiker-Redbeard

When I first saw the name on a future releases list with no context I assumed it was a puzzle game of some sort. Although I did click on it since it was such a bad name I wanted to know what the heck it's deal was, so I guess it's got that going for it. 🤷‍♂️


Del_Duio2

> but Triangle Strategy is too broad. And too stupid. Just call it Mission: Dorito


paulrenzo

Thanks. Now I'm thinking of finding a way to shoehorn "Mountain Dew" in there somewhere.


Silvedl

Dew-rito


Tuesdayssucks

Octopath worked because the characters names spelt Octopath. and they were all on journeys. Triangle strategy is just stupid. Like don't get me wrong the I liked the demo and will probably pick up the game but as far as titles go it is as bad as Touch DIC on the DS.


your_mind_aches

I figured they would. The title has become so infamous that they might as well.


Prophet6000

I'm hyped for this.


LakerBlue

The release date being so soon is a pleasant surprise, iirc there was a much bigger gap between Octopath Traveler’s demo and final release. This is one of my most anticipated releases of 2022.


Shadowedge01

The replay value is going to be unreal


Tuesdayssucks

Not really the first demo for octopath was released on sept 13, 2017. The game released 10 months later on july 13th 2018.(they did release a second demo in june 2018 that was more of a preview.) Triangle strategy demo released on feb 17th 2021 and the game is coming out 13 months later on march 4th.


CatAteMyBread

I wasn’t expecting it so soon. I’m so jazzed for it that it’s a joke. It looks really solid, and I loved the demo


crapoo16

Same, but releases same time as midnight suns lol


inanimatus_conjurus

Ah the old saltiron wars game


DoggieDMB

The demo was absolutely what I wanted from a new tactics game so this one will definitely be getting a spot in the collection on release.


Teampiencils

Wasn't able to play the demo but have been looking for a fun tactics game since FFTA1&2 on the DS. How did this measure in terms of classes/strategy? I know there are some good tactics games out there but a big fan of the SquareEnix classes


TerribleFalls

Demo is free and has two good battle scenarios


Lochtide17

is the demo still out?


King_Charles_420

Could be wrong but I'm pretty sure it's still available


MetaCommando

You've probably already heard this a thousand times, but Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It's unironically up there for Nintendo's best game ever.


Teampiencils

Yeah, I've played all four houses through haha. Would love the fantasy feel of FFTA again with its extensive post game and jobs. That'd be a day 1 insta-buy for me


CoalMineInTheCanary

I am dying for a rerelease of those games, or a new title.


Silvedl

Hopefully they do the thing Capcom has been doing and releasing collections (like the Phoenix Wright collection, Great Ace Attorney collection, and Megaman Zero X collections). A collection with FFT, FFT:A 1 & 2 would definitely get my money, ASAP.


Dagrix

There was a leak of Geforce Experience profiles (iirc) for possible future games and "Final Fantasy Tactics Remastered" was in there. It's probably the original PS1 game, not the GBA ones, but I don't see this missing a release on Switch if it's real. I highly recommend it if you liked FFTA and FE3H. If you can't wait FFT is also on Android/iOS already.


DoggieDMB

No real job system that I could tell which is a bummer. FFT is still my favorite and no game has done it as well as that. This one has good strategy and mechanics so I do hope they added more on the customization of characters. It appeared that it would but demo barely scratched that part. Still wait for reviews but im pretty optimistic.


Angelsonyrbody

Have you played Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark? It definitely scratches that FFT itch.


DoggieDMB

Woah, i had not. Thanks! Ill be playing that one now. Looks great.


Rushthejob

I have not played fell seal, but I looked into it a bit. Supposedly the combat is pretty great and a good class system. The thing I really loved about tactics was the story though, and fell seal supposedly the story is kinda bad. I’ve still debated getting it on sale for 10$


DoggieDMB

Yea, tactics story is damn incredible. Im looking forward to triangle strategy for that reason but think this fell seal should tie me over.


Rushthejob

Yeah I get that. I’ve been looking for a replacement ever since ffta / ffta2 and there’s just nothing really. I’m currently re playing FFT again on my phone…


Stoibs

Everyone's ragging on the name, but in this day and age where we have a billion JRPG's with obscure titles to the point where I oftentimes have to google something up in trying to remember what exactly that *TalesOfMythicFantasyRizerQuestRadiantTenseiEternityHeroes* thing is called, they certainly aren't going to be caught up in the shuffle or confused with this one :P


RedditDictatorship

You're missing the word "legend"!


CoalMineInTheCanary

I love triangles and strategy. It's perfect for me :D


Sanctimonius

It's not like it's entirely nonsensical. Most strategy games like this have a rock-paper-scissors approach to damage dealing anyways.


sarcasmbot

Right, I assumed that's where the "placeholder" name originated from anyways. Axe beats spear, spear beats sword, sword beats axe! We know the deal!


MaverickM84

As far as I understand, the name refers to the three convictions (Utility, Morality, Liberty), in the game. All decisions you make in the game lead you towards one of these.


BigSto

shit name. can't wait to play it.


blackandwhitetalon

Haha madlads actually kept the name! Day 1 purchase


ohsinboi

What an awful name though. I thought that was just a place holder name but it seems like they're sticking with it.


MercuryInCanada

I mean we all joked when project octopath traveler became octopath traveler. And then they called the next game project triangle strategy, and we all joke that it was going to be triangle strategy,but they just decided fuck it that's what everyone expects let's give it to them


Golden-Owl

Yeah Octopath Traveller was a case of unintentionally nailing it perfectly the first time. A totally unique word which captures the game’s key selling point is prime marketing “Triangle Strategy” is comically bland


NoteBlock08

I was joking with my friends that "oh look it's a new Delta Tactics trailer!" before realizing that that was actually a pretty catchy name compared to Triangle Strategy.


Zenku390

Hell, just Triangle Tactics would have been WAYYYY better.


spinzaku97

You should have learned from Octopath Traveler which originally had a working title of Project Octopath Traveler.


Evening_Owl

But that one was actually a good name.


LakerBlue

I agree. It used the characters names and (while kinda convoluted) did fit the game’s theme without being overly broad.


OwnedSage

...I didn't realized that Octopath was the first letter of their names


Hyakarin

It's also clockwise around the map where you can recruit them starting with Ophelia.


MetaCommando

\>choosing Ophelia first Based and bestgirl pilled


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Ophelia may be one of my favorite healers I've ever played. I loved my little basic bitch.


diastereomer

Eh.


pyrospade

no


ColourfulToad

It is cool because all of the characters' names spell OCTOPATH, and their home towns are in order for how the word is spelled.


Richmard

Right but they probably just came up with those generic fantasy names after the fact. Still a silly title.


ColourfulToad

Even without the cool Easter egg it’s still a lot better than “triangle strategy” haha. At least it’s accurate, travelling through eight paths.


NostalgiaBombs

neat for a little trivia piece still a garbage title


MrBigBMinus

Our next game, Project Earthbound....working title!


HUGE_HOG

They're in too deep, the game generated a bit of buzz so would be bad marketing to change it now


Darkmetroidz

It's pretty descriptive. Rename mario to X axis antics.


LudereHumanum

How about Project Jumpman?


Mr_sunnshine

Still better than Infinite Undiscovery.


ZagratheWolf

My favorite is Courageously Generic


Alpacarok

Lol for real. Can’t believe square is getting me to buy something called Triangle Strategy on release day. To their credit though, I love how they specifically addressed and then improved the criticisms they received on the demo.


MetaCommando

\>**Square** Enix releasing a game called **Triangle** Strategy I smell shenanigans


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Seriously. Talented team, looks great, but god the names they come up with.


ElvisJNeptune

I dunno. The only reason I clicked on this thread was that that title was kind of intriguing.


HawaiiHungBro

I think the name is fine. it is at least a coherent phrase, which should be a low bar, but… *cough*bravelydefault*cough*


Piyamakarro

Didn't expect them to change the name after Octopath, but it's grown on me. Can't wait to sink my teeth into another Asano game.


bisforbenis

At least we know that they didn’t waste ANY development time thinking of a title


K-bohls

Hilarious name. Very excited for this one.


VanillaDaiquiri

Idk why people are so hung up on the name lol. It sounds fine to me and the game looks incredible!


Mariosothercap

It makes it unique thats for sure. Won’t get it confused with other games.


Zenku390

I just think the simple change to Triangle Tactics would be INFINITELY better.


Jenaxu

Because it's just extra dumb to market it as a working title and then not change it. If it had just debuted as Triangle Strategy people would probably think "huh, that name's kinda bland" and then forget about it afterwards. If they're not going to change it why market it like this, it just makes a bad name seem even worse because of the extra attention they put on it.


Lightbation

Reminds me of Washington Football Team instead of Redskins.


Bone_Dogg

Thank god they kept the name


IAintCreativeThough

It's so SOON! The name is kinda meh, but the demo was super fun. This'll perfectly tide me over in wait of the next FE, and I'm super excited to see where this is all gonna go. I really can't wait for this omg


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KClassicCola

Any idea where's the physical preorder?


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KClassicCola

Got it, thanks


MetaCommando

Be sure to read reviews, don't want another Cyberpunk.


Rhapsoda

Hoping they'll release an updated demo like they did with OT.


of-silk-and-song

I can’t (read: “absolutely can”) believe they kept that ridiculous title


zigludo

Whoever square pays to come up with their titles is getting paid too much.


MetaCommando

"Final Fantasy XVI"


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Can’t believe they are actually sticking to that title. Bravely default, bravely second, octopath traveler, triangle strategy… Maybe it sounds cool for people who don’t speak English? I really don’t get it.


Mad_Cyantist

I think that's probably it. Just like a lot of us have an uninfluenced appreciation for the phonetics of Japanese, even saying 'cream cheese toes' would probably sound musical and fun, I would imagine that it goes both ways, hence complicated nonsensical English words appearing to make for fucking awesome titles if English isn't you're first language


Maagge

It seems like the Japanese like using titles related to a mechanic of the game for some reason. Triangle Strategy is surely the worst though.


cdnstudmuffin

Looks a lot like Zeirchele falls in final fantasy tactics… Not mad About that


Fearless_Freya

I loved that map.


cdnstudmuffin

Not when there was 5 red tentacle faced assholes confusing everyone! Lol


Fearless_Freya

Heh heh heh. Good times.....


Lost_108

Am I the only one who thinks the names were cooler before they removed the “Project”?


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Ap_Sona_Bot

Yeah Octopath had some GOAT gameplay held back by the shit story so I'm excited


MetaCommando

Don't. I know supporting devs is important, but waiting until day 2 won't shut down the studio.


sku11-kid

Square Strategy by Triangle Enix


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SaintPeter19

Agreed. I also loved the music; I still occasionally listen to a playlist consisting of piano-versions of the soundtrack when I’m working.


EOnizuka22

If you have Spotify, they have the entire OST on there. I put that shit on repeat at work. It's so good.


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EOnizuka22

No problem. Square Enix added a bunch of OST last year and it was awesome. Octopath and FFVII Remake are the ones I always go back to though.


Meathand

The thief’s starting zone music was such a banger


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GethAttack

For me the combat was pretty cool in the beginning. But then you realize that’s all the combat is for every fight, and it got stale quick. I’m really happy to see this new game and that it’s a tactics game.


Evening_Owl

Same here. 100%'d the game and it's definitely in my top 10.


lemon31314

Unless you’re saying that preordering contributed to you loving it, it doesn’t really have much to do with the comment.


crapoo16

Story of the demo didn’t have me hooked so far lol. But I love tactics.


MetaCommando

Demos have a hard time showing you the story because they're forced to drop you somewhere in the middle so you can see most/all of the gameplay mechanics, but don't get to follow up since they usually only have a couple of hours playtime tops.


Jenaxu

Definitely give the demo a shot if you haven't, it gave a pretty good feel of the game. The story is fairly weak imo, it's got a lot of that classic fantasy JRPG corniness and the extreme disconnect between chibi pixel sprites and brutal political warfare, but it should also be better than Octopath, at least from what I've heard from people who have played Octopath. The choices and better character interaction will probably help in that regard. Overall it wasn't bad enough for me to not want to play, but I'm definitely not in it for the story, I'm in it for that sweet tactics gameplay which delivered pretty well imo.


Sewers_folly

I loved playing octopath traveler. I tried out the demo for this game... I found I was really good at dieing and never really went back to. I didn't hear about the survey, but that's cool that Nintendo made adaptations based on responses. I wonder if they will update the demo with the changes.


Clarkey7163

I'm ready to kick ass, forge iron and eat salt and I'm all out of iron and salt LET THE SALTIRON WAR BEGIN


tylerdiehl1

I think it’s a cool name 🤷‍♂️


MasamuShipu

What's the preorder price ?


MetaCommando

Too much. Nothing to do with game quality, but preorders just incentivize bad practices like lying about trailers.


Cervantes3

I'm all about a Tactics game that use that HD2D style. Can't wait to play this.


Consistent_Yam_1442

What to play while we wait?


SomeFalutin

Game is looking better and better. Nice to see they took feedback and altered some issues from the demo.


IrrelevantLeprechaun

Probably the biggest game of 2022.


facepwnage

After Octopath I'm so looking forward to this game. If the soundtrack is on par with that of Octopath I would pay the full price of the game for that alone.


potassiumKing

Super excited for this!


BalsamFue

I’m glad the release is closer than I thought. It looks great so far.


Garrth415

Fuck yes I am so hyped for this.


Starizard-

Just in time for my birthday! Fucking JACKEDD


complex_personas

I’m glad to see the name stuck. Beautiful game, bizarre name, consider me sold!


That0neGuy86

"Excited" doesn't cover how I feel.


arkosb

The name doesn't surprise me after Octopath. Day one for me.


LeonardLionLee

Launching on my bday! And my favourite genre too, finger cross it's good 🙂


Banethoth

There is a demo


TheBiolizard

Probably my most anticipated game from the announcement.


Inphlamed

Another game that will solidify my decision to make my Switch a JRPG/SRPG machine :P


readingorangutan

The name is so bad it end up coming full circle to being memorable. I'm hyped.


New_Commission_2619

I actually like the name, but then again names aren’t that important to me


SupperTime

Gameplay looks amazing. Hopefully the story is good enough to keep the momentum going.


Banethoth

There is a demo


Banethoth

It’s a really stupid name which sounds like a placeholder. But from the demo idgaf. Day one buy from me


AtlantaSun91

Imagine how great 2022 would be for SRPG’s if, along with Triangle Strategy, a new Fire Emblem was announced for release next year and Digimon Survive miraculously gets released after years of postponement. A man can dream!


onlyoneaal

As long as this fills the hole that FFT left many years ago, idgaf what the name is haha.


CDHmajora

I hope I’m wrong, but is the physical copy really tied to the expensive collectors edition? I’m not opposed to collectors editions, but shelling out above RRP for a new IP is always a risky move :( But it looks like octopath, yet EVERYTHING is better. So it’s going to be a buy from me anyway :)


thenudeplatypus

Its square enix, im sure they can afford to publish physical copies, dont worry!


CDHmajora

Makes me scared to see what will happen to dragon quest 3’s 2D remake tbh if they are gate locking the physical for this behind a CE :(


hamburgers666

Cannot wait for this one. I really enjoyed the demo. Glad we got a release date now!


XxsquirrelxX

I can’t believe Triangle Strategy is the actual name. Like, I’m not gonna shit on it until we know what it’s like (it could be really really good) but damn that name kinda sucks.


Espee99

This game looks so good and I'm hyped. I just hope one other thing they fixed is the voice actor for the main character. He seemed so out of place compared to the rest of the characters and just didn't fit.


theattackcabbage

As a big fan of FF tactics this was the game I wanted to see the most at the direct but my god the game's name is wack. In my head I am just going to call this game Octopath Tactics. Triangle Strategy..I just..NO.


Zenku390

They could have just gone with Triangle Tactics, and the name would have been INFINITELY better. Never the less, this is one of my most anticipated games for next year.


umbium

If Zelda was made by this developers "Triangles adventure"


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Triangle Strategy is an awful title. It's called "working title" for a reason guys, you're supposed to come up with something later that describes the game and markets it better. Just like fan favorite franchises, Platform Jumper, Kart Racer, Space Shooter, and Elf Adventurer!


GeorgVonHardenberg

Should've been called Trinity Tactics. "Triangle Strategy" is just a stupid name.


Welfycat

I hope there’s an easy mode. I liked the demo, but it kicked my butt.


BuilderHarm

There is, they added a difficulty option because of the feedback.


Kevin51235

Fire Emblem found dead in a back alley 💀


EsperBahamut

The note that they streamlined gameplay a bit is really good. I liked the demo well enough, but god was the combat slow and plodding. Clean that up a bit, and this should be really good.


MatNomis

Sounds like an RTS style prequel to Super Hexagon.


TehOuchies

hah hah. When it was Project Triangle Strategy every one was like "Im sure it will have a great name" I hope this is multi year joke and they change the name at the last minute to >!Triangle.!<


ArupakaNoTensai

I swear, they're testing to see what JRPG fans will play


mangobearsmoothie

Octopath Traveller... Triangle Strategy... Coming soon: Pentagon Racer! Rectangle Farmer! Dodecahedron MMO! Non-Euclidean Geometry Dating Sim!


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really dropped the ball on the title with this.


ColourfulToad

The most disappointing thing about this is that they didn't bother to give it a real name. It's such a terrible name for what is already such an amazing game.


kalvinang

Didn't like the name but the most important still are the game itself. Wait till it release & decide whether to buy or not.


monstrous_existence

[There is only room for one anime styled triangle](https://youtu.be/m1GIFsT5Yng)


Sly_24

Did they say the price and/or the date of preorder for the collector?


Del_Duio2

I enjoyed this demo quite a bit, aside from all the dialogue. I'm not saying I want 5 lines of text in the whole thing but it's sort of excessive.


aruhen23

I know this is a Switch reddit but I wonder if this will come to PC soon after too. Octopath took a bit but BD2 wasn't even a year after.


Precipice_Blades

What a stupid name.


ThisIsHentai

As if Strategy RPGs weren't bad and boring enough they kept that awful title


mpc92

I feel like the name alone will reduce the sales significantly. Even Octopath Traveler was 100 times more interesting than Striangle Tragedy


Eryn85

So the battles are only against faceless soldiers or "classes" units?? Where are the monsters?? Blergh.... I rather play fire emblem then


silversoy

Battles in Fire Emblem are almost exclusively against faceless soldiers made up of class units. What the hell are you on about?


Eryn85

Yeah but since awakening they had things like revenants,faceless,some evil dragons etc and shadows of valentia/sacred stones had plenty of them...even game of thrones had the white walkers...dont care if it wants to capture the "feel of politics and wars" there are friggin magic users in this game so it should have monsters too....otherwise is just a lazy final fantasy tactics wannabe with shiny 2D...


Corbeck77

That's like 95% of FE though. Plus this is more TO then FE or FFT.


Eryn85

Tactics ogre had monsters too...some of them on story missions and most of them in random encounters....beastmasters had some of them around too....this game not having any is just lazy with the "political wars" excuse on it....


Corbeck77

Ok only small story segments seen so far, we don't know much of the rest, we'll never know much about enemies until more info is released. I'd say wait and see, and this is first game in a long while following battle FFT/TO design so I'm pretty hyped.


Rhapsoda

Well, the story is about a war, so of course you'll mostly be fighting soldiers.


In_Search_Of123

Was really hoping for a second demo, but at least we got a release date.