Man that makes me feel really old. I still have my SNES cart though, probably the only gaming related item I would flat out never sell or get rid of.
Square-Enix, do me a favor and never do another Chrono game, ever. You would only fuck it up.
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Man that makes me feel really old. I still have my SNES cart though, probably the only gaming related item I would flat out never sell or get rid of.
Square-Enix, do me a favor and never do another Chrono game, ever. You would only fuck it up.
at least someone gets itQuote:
Originally Posted by genjiglove
all these people disappointed in chrono cross, well, what the fuck did you expect
did you really want a TRUE chrono trigger 2 with crono and the crew returning? after they had the adventure of all adventures, saved the fucking world, etc? really?
it's really, really odd that it's CT's 15th birthday, because, for no reason whatsoever, i was thinking to myself earlier today that it was interesting how crono dies and you can choose to play thru the rest of the game without him, not really as a character in the game, but as a third-party observer with marionette strings.
man. talk about a dream team game.
Owned that game for 5 years always intending to play it... I've put in maybe 30 minutes. Maybe this is a sign to get off my ass and get on my ass playing that game.
game gets a lot better after you beat gato. believe me.
I've never actually played through Chrono Cross. I've gotten 5-6 hours into it a few times, but I always quit for some reason. I always did appreciate the different direction Square went with it though, as Sage said it would have felt cheap to just do another game with the cast of the original. Maybe this year I will finally sit down and try to finish it.
If you've never played through CT before, I highly recommend the DS port. Avoid the PS1 version like the plague, its a joke.
I know a lot of people praise CT's music, but I really cannot stress how much I love the soundtrack. I'm listening to it on youtube right now.
I always loved when you'd hear this start playing, thats when you knew some serious shit was about to go down.
And then the second most epic boss battle music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1vPF...eature=related
When I was younger, I always wanted to play it. Then none of the rental places would have it and it was expensive as hell.
I will say that it's easily one of the best RPGs I've ever played, hands down.
I'm a rare breed. I loved Chrono Cross and thought Trigger was total meh.
I don't often listen to covers of game songs, but this guy did a good job with the Wind theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swLy_8Rp7QA
Very nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by LoneSage
I'd like to hear Wes cover this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM5PT...eature=related
I like how they still try making RPGs while Chrono Trigger continues to exist.
I'm gonna be butchered for this but:
FF6 and FF7 are better than Chrono Trigger as RPG's IMO.
:crying:
CT: More accessable, short, balanced and high replay value.
FF6 and FF7: Better story / cast, deep and memorable.
And the story matters the most in an RPG IMO (I'm NOT saying it's the only thing that matters).
That was my exact thought when I read the title.Quote:
Originally Posted by genjiglove
I can't believe it's been that long.
This was the only rpg I ever really got into.
I remember back in the day, even though it was a new release from Square, it still took me some time to hunt down a copy of it.
The thing that I didn't like about it (as well as Chrono Cross) was the New Game+ feature. You kept the levels of each character from the previous playthrough. That took all the challenge away from replaying different branching storylines.
Wow new game plus was one of the major things I really liked in the game. None of the fights were particularly challenging if you knew what to do, and it was a fun way to max out your characters without endless grinding.Quote:
Originally Posted by SNKorSWM
There are better ways to do a new game+ than having to go through 80% of the game where I kill bosses in one hit and receive no more than single digit damage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Talen
In the Tales of series, you get grade points for doing well in battles and can redeem those points in a new game for various bonus/handicap. But you always start from initial levels and equipment (except for a few special items that don't break the game). So the challenge is never lost.
Chrono Trigger is by far my favorite rpg, I liked FF VII a lot but CT is way better imo.
There's no nostalgia factor here cause I played CT for the first time about 2 or 3 years ago. I played FFVII in '99/'00 for the first time.
I recently unlocked every ending on the ds version and only need to get some extra items I didn't have yet.
Still love playing that game.
Beat this last year.
Enjoyed it. Great RPG... a bit short of epic though, IMHO
chrono trigger i remember very well. i haven't played it in a very long time, but it holds very strong nostalgic value for me. it was one of those games that Nintendo Power hyped up and it made my head spin as a young kid. it had really cool moments of tragedy and triumph. Mr. just-along-for the-ride-Crono, always seemed like he was totally indifferent to the whole thing, i guess mainly because he was the silent one. i remember cool things and moments like finding out Magus could be a playable party member but only in exchange of keeping Frog/Glenn as his amphibian type. so you kind of felt bad for Frog but having Magus in your party felt awesome.
well, just all around it was a great game. music was so fantastic and really had you humming the tunes away from the game.
i bought it at a time when a game like CT was about $70 brand new, but after paying almost $80 for FFIII in october of '94, it seemed cheap (or at least reasonable). but when you bought a game like those, you really got your money's worth. so much stuff to find, new game+, all the endings, rainbow weapons, etc.
i hope they dont make a sequel to be honest. its ok if they might use the a characters likeness or have a story that recalls the tales of the original CT crew, but that's about all i'd like to see. Chrono Cross was ok, but to me not on the level of CT.
I LOVE Chrono Cross. It's fantastic. Great story, good core characters, battle system, graphics, music. One of the things I remember the best is just the general 'mood' the game puts me in, with the music (which I find is up there with the best of FF and Trigger) and the colourful graphics. The Chrono Break sequel that never was is my most wanted game, after a 360 version of Progear.Quote:
Originally Posted by genjiglove
Of course Chrono Trigger is better. It's just about the best game ever made, although I personally hold FFVII in higher esteem. I played the SNES release a handful of years ago, and have been putting some time into the DS version recently, after I got the XL.
I remember reading a review of Chrono Trigger back in the day in a Danish magazine (which I think was just a translation of a Swedish publication), and really, really wanting to play that game. A SNES and imported games were far out of my reach when I was around 11 years old though, so it would be almost another decade before I got to play it. Needless to say, it fulfilled all my expectations, regardless of the fact that I had played the three PSX FF's before.
Oh wow. This was the game that got me into rpgs. I remember going to rent Fatal Fury Special and it being out, so I scanned all the games until I zero'd in on Chrono Trigger. I recognized Akira's artwork anywhere, and decided to rent it solely on that basis. Holy shit, was I in for an amazing weekend.
Chrono Cross is an AMAZING game, too. It's a shame it's compared to CT, when the only thing it has to do with it is the brief cameo of the trio. CT is a much better overall game, but CC is still really amazing. Id also argue that CC has better music, too. Easily the best game soundtrack of all time.
You're not alone, I feel the same. I'm one of those folks who sold their SNES collection and moved on to the Playstation before Chrono Trigger was released. Had Chrono Trigger been release a couple years sooner I'd probably hold it with the same esteem as other do. And as for Chrono Cross's story and forgettable characters...say what you will, I know they both pale to CT's but CC's soundtrack is one that is ingrained into my soul.Quote:
Originally Posted by OrochiEddie
Loved a lot of the music from Chrono Trigger. This is probably one of the most memorable video game songs for me EVER. My brother and I used to hum this tune sometimes when we were younger, lol. The instruments and melody are soooo beautiful....
Corrider of Time (Zeal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsj5xjoLXtE
Some awesome covers of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSgst...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94x9a...eature=related
Excellent. Makes me want to grab my DSi XL right this minute.Quote:
Originally Posted by bemanicho1
I've never beaten it.
I remember buying it at the EB games at Mall of America when it came out for $70.
Game was my world for half a year. I was determined to find everything in it... Always beat the Black Omen three times per game, traveling back in time for each run. Went crazy trying to figure out the secret (I WAS SURE THERE WAS ONE) to hitting that middle switch in Ozzie's castle.
re: Chrono Cross. The PSX wasn't up to a proper 3d Chrono. Random encounters? ffs.
No need to argue, bud... Chrono Cross definitely has the best soundtrack of all time, hands down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Soilwork
Game has an amazing soundtrack! Yasunori is legend!
most amazing RPG I have ever played I have spent so many hours on this game and never get sick of it, it's always the RPG I go back to
Chrono Trigger: The Brink of Time, was such a bad ass cd.
Secret of the Forest- Arranged
It's hard to believe we've been playing this game for fifteen years now. Here's to at least 15 more of it being absolutely badass. :buttrock:
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...n/4184dee8.jpg
This isn't everything I own CT based, I have a poster, strat. guide, and a few more CDs (including that awesome CD mentioned above).
I honestly can't remember a more well put together soundtrack. People gave the game a hard time because of the leveling system, which I thought was brilliant. In RPGs I hate grinding, I hate it so much because I know I will do it for hours for no real good reason. Cross threw that out the window, and yes the game could have been more challenging, but I never felt like it was way too easy. I replayed Cross about so many times I can't even recall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Blitz
I need to go find a copy now.
The soundtrack or the game? I've got new spares of both :smirk:Quote:
Originally Posted by OrochiEddie
why would you have "spares" of any game?Quote:
Originally Posted by TougaKiryuu
I figure in about another 20 years or so the sealed stuff will actually have some weight to it. (ESPECIALLY the SNES CT).
The Chrono Cross was a different story though, before I got laid off, we found a box of sealed Squeenix games that we could sell (Final Fantasy 8/9/Chronicles/Anthology/Chrono Cross/Origins). I ended up getting Cross and Origins cheap as hell, and was gonna use it as a backup if anything ever happened to my original copy.
This guy's already working on it. XD
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216309
I don't usually buy arranged soundtracks, but after following this link and listening to that + a few other tracks, I'm totally sold. I absolutely love the treatment that Chrono Corridor (Corridor of Time) got, it's been my favorite vg song of all time and this version is just incredible!Quote:
Originally Posted by striderpunk
Thanks for the link!!!!!
Personally, I loved Chrono Cross, and I'm on my first proper playthrough again after playing it when it first came out.
Someone further up in the thread mentioned only being able to get 5-6 hours into this game, well I have the exact same problem with Final Fantasy VII. I've played the first 30 minutes probably 15 times, same with Zelda: Majora's Mask.
what were they thinking with the battle theme in cross
can any of you honestly defend that
Cross's Boss music.Quote:
Originally Posted by LoneSage
loved the game, battle theme annoyed the fuck out of me especially with the random encountersQuote:
Originally Posted by LoneSage
A lot of the Square staff who worked on Chrono Trigger left the company after Super Mario Rpg and right before FF7. And it shows.
They set up their own studio (that has long since gone under) and made a handful of brilliant but obscure video games that nobody in japan gave a fuck about.
Now most of those guys, the creativity and imagination behind Squares Snes era games are struggling to make ends meet, making shitty apps and games for cellphones and stuff.
:crying:
Anyway, back on point I fucking loved Chrono Cross, for no other reason but the awesome characters you could collect.
Mojo the Voodoo doll, Starky the alien, Fargo the cigar smoking pirate who looks like Daniel Day Lewis, General Viper who looked like a badass Mr. Clean with a sword, Grobyc, Greco the Luchadore Exorcist, Funguy LOL...
Lotta guys I hated in that game as well, but fuck them: they never saw the light of day anyway.:buttrock:
What the hell.... so many people in this thread saying CT is 'meh' or whatever! Get the fuck out of here.
Chrono Trigger is, in my opinion, the best JRPG ever made. I've played a lot, and it's hard to name another one that was so consistently great across the board. FFVII may have popularized the genre, but CT is probably more influential.
So screw the haters, this game is a goddamned legend. I'll never get rid of mine either — I still remember saving up all summer to get it on release day. Cost a cool $100 up here in the frozen north. Ouch.
P.S. Chrono Cross is the very definition of 'meh'.
Cross was trippy...like looking into an aquarium on LSD.
It was probably the last Squaresoft game I ever liked.
Trigger was pretty magical though, but don't ask me to pick a favorite.
They are like a sexy woman and a sexy car...tough to compare without some quantifiable valuation on either one.
I'd say Trigger is the "sexy car" though, because it has definitely aged better and Cross is looking pretty rough these days.
It's been years since I played Chrono Cross. How exactly did it relate to the original?
Playing through it, it didn't seem like it had anything to do with the original game. It played completely different, it didn't take place in apparently the same world as the original (from what I could tell).
KIND OF SPOILERY I GUESS:
The only bit I remember was one brief scene where someone says that basically events in Chrono Cross have resulted in Chrono Trigger never happening. Well that and rescuing Schala at the end (although she didn't even look like her from the previous game).
I'm not trying to dump on the game. I haven't played it since it came out, so I'm sure I'm mixing stuff up or forgetting things, but thinking back on it, it seems like they just took some random game they were working on at the time and stapled "Chrono" onto it for some extra cash.
In CT the final boss was a planet draining alien in the center of Lavos or something. In the Stone Age they wiped out Reptites and humanity took over the earth.Quote:
Originally Posted by T.A.P.
In CC there was no time travel, only timeline crossing.
Humanities timeline was run by a supercomputer called FATE, and in the reptiles timeline everything was run by the dragon god.
In the end of CC you learn that humanity started as apes but they began their evolutionary ascent with exposure to Lavos and his destructive powers....and that the reptites were actually the "good guys" who advanced and evolved through co operation with the earth, rather than conquering and destroying it.
Or something...
That doesn't make sense. In CT you go back in time to the stone age and there are already humans when Lavos arrives.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoon
Hooray for contradictions in sequels. :envy::scratch::(:oh_no:
Get the fuck out of here, hater!Quote:
Originally Posted by HeartlessNinny
I didn't say it was bad, I said it was 'meh'. And it is. I admit that the soundtrack was great, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Naiera
I like your moxie, by the way. :)