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Triangle Strategy

Developer Square Enix, Artdink

Publisher Square Enix

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Dot. Dot. Dot. If you play a lot of Japanese games, you’ll be acquainted with their use of ellipses – JRPG favourite is said to have almost 7,000 in its main story alone. However, rarely has that pregnant pause been quite so effectively (or frequently) deployed as in Square Enix’s tactical roleplayer. Every other line during the many dialogue exchanges can be accelerated, but those three dots, tapped out in a similar tempo to the speaking clock’s pips, refuse to be hurried. It’s annoying at first, but it’s a device whose

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