Chrono trigger appreciation Thread

[Mackerjack]

Iv played chrono trigger over loads of times, i just Love that game! the characters and real-time battles make it brilliant! Theres supposed to be a remake for Ds coming out! :biggrin:

also if you love the game and use snes 'emulators' then you should look out for some of the fan made versions, remakes of the origional story and fan made sequal... :rolleyes:

[Miburohunter929]

I love CT, although I'm getting annoyed theres already another remake.

Admittedly, the DS Remake ties into CC alot more then the original or PS1 remake does--atleast at the end, from what I've read-- and it makes sense, but the fact that there are three versions of the game, and like one sequel annoys me.

Okay, two, if you count Radical Dreamers. But still...

That aside, CT is awesome, and classic.

But If I don't get more Crono Sequels, someones gonna bleed.

[JCAll]

Chrono Trigger really is a masterpiece. And even if the sequel was crap I would still kill for another. Just no more ports unless you're gonna gett off your bum Square-Enix and remake it properly.

[Mackerjack]

Chrono Trigger really is a masterpiece. And even if the sequel was crap I would still kill for another. Just no more ports unless you're gonna gett off your bum Square-Enix and remake it properly.

there was a fan made Chrono Trigger game by a guy who works as a professional games programmer. he based entirely on the origional... but square-enix shut it down :( there was talk of it being made for the wii. it was called Chrono Trigger 'Resurrection' if you check it up on youtube you can see how good he done the graphics. the closest ive got to my own making of Chrono Trigger was through RPG maker 2003 and xp :biggrin: its alotta fun! 2d tho... my npc's werent as good lol or my battle system... was new at it. But Rpg maker is realli fun and worth having a look at! :biggrin:

Heres 1 pic of the CT 'resurrection'
http://www.opcoder.com/projects/chrono/media/screenshots/cronosroom3.jpg

[Kage Kisaragi]

Okay, the game was good for its time, Yes even I have spent many a hours (maxing out the time on the game.) maxing all character levels, finding every secret, getting every weapon, utilizing ever combo tech for 100+ times, and getting every ending at least 5 times, and spending countless minutes racing Johnny and performing Confusion.

Yet I think its best to move on, remakes are just ways for companies to squeeze more money out of us because of how nostalgia plays with our minds. Double Dribble was a great game in my head to, but I wouldn't buy a remake of it. We should hold out for more. If they wanna make remakes then they should make actual remakes not just porting the game over to a new console and adding some cuts scenes and a bonus dungeon or two. If they can turn out games like FF13 for new consoles why settle for 16bit goodness when you can have Crono and crew look exactly like the anime cut scenes the entire length of the game?

With that said I do still appreciate one aspect of the original.

Gato: My name is Gato...I have metal joints! Beat me up and earn 15 silver points

[jessecuster3]

I love it, I am on the endgame for the DS version.

[Jeff-E]

What was the problem with the playstation version of Chrono Trigger?? Admitidely (darn spelling issues) I never played trigger, and only played Cross, which I actually enjoyed.

[Kage Kisaragi]

What was the problem with the playstation version of Chrono Trigger?? Admitidely (darn spelling issues) I never played trigger, and only played Cross, which I actually enjoyed.

A huge roster of characters who were pretty much unimportant accept for a few self contained story arcs.

the character designs and animations were a step backward if you can believe it from Crono Trigger.

The game mechanics were also pretty convoluted in comparison to Trigger. What should have remained a simply fomula seemed to evolve into a whacky color based system.

[Grazzt]

What was the problem with the playstation version of Chrono Trigger?? Admitidely (darn spelling issues) I never played trigger, and only played Cross, which I actually enjoyed.

Also there was problems with the loading times for the PS remake of the original Chrono Trigger. Apparently the game contained an emulator and a ROM, and rather than make a seperate English ROM they just loaded a Japanese translation over top of it. That was a bit much for the PS to handle.

[Miburohunter929]

A huge roster of characters who were pretty much unimportant accept for a few self contained story arcs.

the character designs and animations were a step backward if you can believe it from Crono Trigger.

The game mechanics were also pretty convoluted in comparison to Trigger. What should have remained a simply fomula seemed to evolve into a whacky color based system.

He was asking why there was another CT Remake, not what was the issue with Crono Cross, Amigo.

[Lester C.]

I haven't played the game since it first came out in the States and I still remember it because I played it so many times. My favorite bit was the monster that changed its apperanced based your level.

[Kage Kisaragi]

He was asking why there was another CT Remake, not what was the issue with Crono Cross, Amigo.

oh.. well based on the time of the post and my job, you can't blame me for that. I'll sue if you do.

[Tyr]

I refuse to re-appreciate this game until it is made into PSP format...or until someone buys me a DS.

Until then no re-appreciation for Chrono Trigger! :mad:

[DF2506]

This is, without a doubt, one of my favorite games of all-time. If not my favorite. Well, this and Chrono Cross. For me, CT and CC tie. I love both games. And I have to be one of the few people who really liked the Playstation verison of Chrono Trigger. Of course, it was the first time I'd played through the game fully. I only got to play CT a little on the SNES.

Anyway, I really want the DS verison of CT. I think when I eventually get my DSi (prob in the Fall), I'll get Chrono Trigger. I can not resist portable Chrono Trigger! :)

Man, when I get the time, I should play CT and CC again on my PS3.

DF2506

[Cyke]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NITRZK8z0ek&feature=related

Heck, the Chrono Trigger theme from 1:47 - 3:04 makes me want to punch someone in the name of freedom.

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

This is, without a doubt, one of my favorite games of all-time. If not my favorite. Well, this and Chrono Cross. For me, CT and CC tie. I love both games. And I have to be one of the few people who really liked the Playstation verison of Chrono Trigger.

What do y'know, someone already said everything I was going to say.


To me Chrono Cross is every bit the deserving sequel, and has plenty of powerful moments on its own. Finding the time-abandoned ruins of Leene's Square, and battling Muguel while the echoes of Nadia's Bell ring in the background is awesome.

[DF2506]

What do y'know, someone already said everything I was going to say.


To me Chrono Cross is every bit the deserving sequel, and has plenty of powerful moments on its own. Finding the time-abandoned ruins of Leene's Square, and battling Muguel while the echoes of Nadia's Bell ring in the background is awesome.

I totally agree.

My favorite moment in CC had to be the awesome twist moment where the whole game is turned upside down! I did not see that coming! Though, I definitly do like the moment your talking about. There are so many other cool moments too.

Man, I really need to find some time to replay CT and CC.

DF2506

[Genma:TheDestroyer]

I totally agree.

My favorite moment in CC had to be the awesome twist moment where the whole game is turned upside down! I did not see that coming! Though, I definitly do like the moment your talking about. There are so many other cool moments too.

Man, I really need to find some time to replay CT and CC.

DF2506

Plenty of send-ups, too. Pierre, the hero wannabe, is hideously weak until you help him complete the collection of artifacts he has, including the Hero's Medal we all know and love.

At which point he powers way up, and is granted a new finisher, the Slap of Cyrus, described as being "fueled with the power of a Legendary Hero".

[Miburohunter929]

This is, without a doubt, one of my favorite games of all-time. If not my favorite. Well, this and Chrono Cross. For me, CT and CC tie. I love both games. And I have to be one of the few people who really liked the Playstation verison of Chrono Trigger. Of course, it was the first time I'd played through the game fully. I only got to play CT a little on the SNES.

Anyway, I really want the DS verison of CT. I think when I eventually get my DSi (prob in the Fall), I'll get Chrono Trigger. I can not resist portable Chrono Trigger! :)

Man, when I get the time, I should play CT and CC again on my PS3.

DF2506

..Someone dosn't like the PS Version? Why? The extra scene was awesome, and actually explained why the fuck Poore has an army and shit.

I am annoyed that Square keeps milking CT, by slowing adding shit in.

PS1 Remake: Oh, by the way, Guardian Fell, Poore raised an army, some guy stole the masamune. Crono, Marle, and co are probally dead.

I didn't actually mind that. Might have been good to know before the sequel told us that, but hey. It was a cool cutscene, and implied that someone out there was more badass then team Lavos murderer.


DS: Oh, by the way, Dalton ended up in Poore, and told the party so, and he's the guy responsible for all the tech and them turning into douches, and the raping of Guardia. Also, Schala mindraped Magus, and made it so Lavos couldn't be defeated by convential means, because being imprisoned for eternity made her an assholish cunt, instead of a mere pacifist who wanted freedom.

Oh, by the way. Cronos team? *Totally* Knew where Schala was. Not just Bethasar and Lucca being badass.

EVERYONE knew where she was, and inacted an insane gambit--mostly Lucca and Bethasar-- And you know where you see Magus looking for Schala in the past?

Probally wasted his whole life doing that. Not the one she mindraped, I mean. He's probally Gil, but the only hint we gave was he had grey hair, and could glide.

I bet you didn't even pick him in the sequel, cause he was so horribly irrelevant. And even if you did, and we find out he is Gil, Schala didn't even give her own brother a second glance.

And I assume Dalton is probally Emperor or something, and was probally the guy who stole the masamune. I don't even know, since the events on Guardian were completely ignored.

I mean, god damnit. And you learn that all in like...1.5 Bonus dungeons. And the way the story works, I'm willing to bet they easily could have put that in the PS1 remake.

This explains a good chunk of CC, by itself, better then CC did in someways.


And CC itself seems to have completed the circle of events, and still leaves lots of questions.

CROSS SPOILERS--I'm not bothering to block it, since this game is years old.

The Sequel isn't a bad game, but it makes a lot more questions then it answers, and while I liked the characters, the fact that most of them barely have any real story depth, or even remote significance, other then being homies with Serge, kinda takes away from it.

Not to mention it dosn't even bothering tying some things up until the very end, and even then, you're still confused.

It honestly seems like a completely independent story till the very end, and you're like "Okay...I see...This is basically the 'Save Schala' arc"

Then you find out Lavos is alive, and extra awesome. Then you find---

Well, you get my point.

I by no means consider it a bad game---aside from the shitty character development (Oh, BTW, Lynx is your dad, and he's dead, lol)--but it dosn't even bother telling you about Chrono and lavos and shit till like the middle of the game.

At which point it hurries up and tells you pratically everything, because it remembered it did a really, really, pisspoor job of even subtly hinting at anything other then 'Alternate Dimension'.

That, and I'm pissed you can't even go to Poore/Guardia once.

It's always talking about the Mainland, and all this shit, but you never see it.

If there was a Sequel out, or hinted at coming out, that'd be fine, but I was really irritated at that at the time.

But yeah, it's a good game, but I found it really...annoying, that it leaves out the explination of key events, and you have to go buy like three remakes of the first game to get them.


....With that said, Bethasar is a fucking badass.....

Wonder what happened with the Guru on the mainland....


Hell, who really took the Masamune? I'm pretty sure Serge wasn't even alive when it happened, so no way his daddy did it.

How the fuck did it get tainted by Lynx?

So on, and so forth.


My gripe with CC is the characters, and how it explains several things at the last moment, sometimes vaguely, and completely ignores several key questions. It was still a good game, and fun, and by no means bad, and I thought it was awesome, but it's also quite annoying. Not to mention the way nothing of any import is actually mentioned to the last moment.

It leaves nothing but questions, both as a sequel, and in the view of a standalone project, and the answer to these questions are always Remake, instead of the game itself, or a sequel answering it.

So...In essence, It was a great game, but for a sequel that takes place in the same world, tied to several key events, only a few years off from the original, with only vague refrences to events that I would think remotely important, it really fucks up in keeping the player up to date.

Not to mention the fact that 1/5 of the team is probally actually revelant to the plot, the rest are just folks who like serge in one way or another. I don't even remember if it was alluded to be a save the world thing later into the game.

The fact there isn't even word on the consideration of a sequel only makes things worse. All that keeps happening is more in more questions, not only from CC, but when the remakes are included.

I.E, If this was all some awesome plan on Team Crono's part, why are they bitching at Serge for fucking it up? He finished the job they couldn't, they fucked up when they let Dalton Escape, and he's the only person man enough to free Schala.

...And yes, I'm a bit upset we don't even hear about what happened to Frog!Glen.

Basically, I think it was a sweet game by itself, with flaws, and as the current ending of the series, more or less....

Well, it's still a good game, but I'd not go so far to say it's the best sequel one could want. It's a good one, not a great one too me, although I did like the plot, since Bethasar is badass.

I suppose if they do do a sequel, and it was taking place on the mainland at the same time as CC, That'd actually be pretty cool, but I'd kinda lol since it changes the shit out of several things.

Basically, the games are all really, really, closely together, and CC didn't really tie them in, as good as it could have.

If it were 100 years in the future, or something, fine. But it was like...What, 20 tops? maybe 30?