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There’s obviously no way Square Enix could’ve known that ahead of time (which in itself shows how depressingly predictable the business of war is) but it quickly becomes a meaningless coincidence as the game starts to bury you under several appendices full of invented history, confusing names, and baroque dialogue. Even one of the flags – the one on the box art – is curiously reminiscent of Ukraine. The plot machinations include a neighbouring kingdom invading under false pretences and with the intention of installing a puppet government, following a false flag operation, so despite all the fantasy stylings there is an unexpected topicality to the plot.

This quickly (well, as quickly as anything happens in Triangle Strategy) goes to pot though, when the king is deposed and the groom-to-be is forced to go on the run.

This led to the Saltiron Wars 30 years previously, but the game starts with a new generation of nobility trying to put the past behind them with a royal wedding. The root of the disagreement between the game’s three warring kingdoms is resources, with one controlling salt, one iron, and the other trade. It’s hard to know for certain what Triangle Strategy’s story influences are but from a Western perspective the immediate point of comparison for a medieval fantasy world locked in a cold war of Machiavellian politics is Game of Thrones.

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