Chrono Cross: Radical Dreamers Edition | REVIEW | An unneeded sequel (Nintendo Switch)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- The esteemed sequel to Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross. However I will not be reviewing Chrono Cross on the PS1 rather the Nintendo Switch! I figured I'd get one more jrpg review in and why not be Chrono Cross. Chrono Cross is not what I expected honestly, in a good and bad way. My review of Chrono Cross on the Nintendo Switch, covers some quality of life changes, graphic comparisons, and we talk about the Chrono Cross ost!
Also I briefly touch up on Chrono Cross, Radical Dreamers!
"This game is the remastered version of the 1999 RPG Chrono Cross. Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition includes additional features. Some to mention are the battle support system and a visual novel adventure "Radical Dreamers - Le Trésor Interdit-, which form the structure of the story and remastered music from Yasunori Mitsuda. Chrono Cross is a role-playing game that allows players to go onboard and witness a heroic adventure that goes beyond time and space, unfolding across two interlinked parallel worlds. Get ready as over 40 party members, with individual element affinity and unique skills intertwine in this epic drama about the planet itself."
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BANGER. editing was on fire and the script kept me engaged. even though you didn't have the *best* time with this game i always feel like complicated opinions on titles make for more interesting reviews because it feels like the opinion pendulum is constantly swinging. great way to end the year
I hate that you have to be a jerk to get the best character, Glenn.
It's so refreshing to see a take that's "this would be better as its own game but is still a good game" and not the hyperbolic "this game sullies the name of Chrono Trigger and you should feel bad for enjoying it for its own virtues". I love Trigger, but I hate overzealous fandoms.
Your voiceover 'voice' has gotten really good. You provide a lot of character to your recording, and you maintain a conversational tone throughout, rather than just reading a word document. Good job!
Awh, thank you so much!! I appreciate ya noticing!
I love this game to death and this review is 100% Facts.
Fun combat, great soundtrack, endless replayability, load of characters, and confusing storyline................it's perfect.
Cross is a pretty game with a bangin’ soundtrack, but it’s story is a convoluted mess told to and through paper-thin characters. Add in a battle system that although interesting, is implemented very clunkily, and you have a game that fails to add up to the sum of it’s parts.
I used to blindly believe that this was a better game than Trigger, but revisiting it as an adult showed me how up its own ass the story is. It also doesn’t quite have the same degree of powerful character moments that Trigger did. It’s absolutely worth playing but it’s not without it’s warts.
Cross is more about feeling than coherence. Not saying that is what they intended, but that's how I take it. I just let the insanity wash over me. At the center is a boy trying to save his interdimensional space GF which is something anyone can relate to.
20 FPS if you're lucky. This port has been known to drop to 10 FPS on PS5.
Thumbs up! Good info. Yes it would have been better to be independent from Chrono Trigger.
Thanks as always for the great vids! Chrono Cross has such an amazing OST.
RPGs from PS3/360 and prior were designed to sell physical guidebooks. Thanks for the honest review
So true. I still have a CC guide and I still referenced it, though there were some errors I found. Then Square ruined the whole thing with PlayOnline.
Exactly! It should have come with a guidebook, I’m so confused..
I remember buying this game when it came out, I was in high-school, and I never got too far. Now that I've amassed/horded a drawer full of retro handhelds it's definitely on the top of my list of games I need to play.
I love this game and it's soundtrack, thank you for playing!
I enjoy your reviews. You concisely explain the missteps made in the games without resorting to trash talk. Game designers could learn a lot from your critiques.
Why not? It’s not a complete retelling of the original like something like Home Alone 2. More like Shrek 2 I guess. Where it shows consequences because of what happened in the original. Makes me wonder how F’d this world would be in a 3rd entry
I understood the plot of Chrono Cross the first time, but I agree that it was crazy convoluted.
A bit like Kingdom Hearts in that way.
This video did just make a compelling argument to play the game with a guide. Thanks for the PSA lol
Well I'm glad it could help! Some of the greatest characters are missable!
This game started off on my bad side with the sequel presumptions. Correcting for that, though, it still had a lot of issues. Most of the playable characters are completely pointless (to the extent that they often don't even have original dialog in most scenes), the way the parallel worlds aren't sufficiently differentiated only makes the muddled plot even tougher to follow, and simple brute forcing means managing the element system isn't really necessary much of the time.
Some will claim this is actually on par with the PS1 Final Fantasy entries, but I just don't see it. At all. Sorry, Chrono Cross lovers.
Bruh why does your hair always go so hard I'm jealous
Awh thank you. I try to switch it up for every video. Gotta keep things interesting.
Classic quote from Masato Kato, director of the series: "Cross is Cross, and not Trigger 2". It got pretty clear to me that many people started to hate CC over the years simply because it wasn't what they expected it to be - they didn't even give it a chance. And honestly, while I understand their point of view, it really shoudn't be a big deal for RPGamers, since the concept of not-so-direct sequel is really commonplace in the genre, thanks to its most popular franchises like Final Fantasy. At the end of the day, their loss for being so close minded - even the haters gotta admit at least that CC OST is ABSOLUTELY LEGENDARY.
By the way, as somebody who played Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana to death as a kid, Mana series has a very similar thing, being Legend of Mana on PS1 very different from Secret. Had I been so close minded, I would never find what came to be two of my favorite games of all time.
What always stuck out in my mind is that the time travel nature of Chrono Trigger's story meant that something like Cross isn't even that far out there in terms of continuity. There are scenes in Chrono Trigger where your party considers the ramifications of changing the past and canceling out history and future events, but it never really weighs heavy on the party or the player's mind. I like that Cross explores that idea a bit further.
It depends on how you define a sequel. Halfway through the game, the story reveals that everything happening is a direct consequence of events that take place in Trigger. There is way bigger stuff too but I don’t want to spoil anything.
But for others, a game sequel needs more than just a story connection.
Spot on same thing that happened to Legend of Mana also happened to Xenoblade Chronicles X. Considering the discourse around Tales of Arise starting as a new IP and people saying Chrono Cross would have been better if it wasn't called Chrono, I think people twist their expectations depending on the name attached to it. If Xenogears was Final Fantasy VII, there would be less "poor Takahashi" and more anger directed at him for disc 2. If Blue Dragon was FFXII, would Shu and Marumaro get less or more hate than Vaan and Penelo? Same with Lost Odyssey comparing Cooke and Mack to Hope and Vannile from FFXIII. If The Last Story was FFXV people would have (Metaphorically) riot in streets over the cover shooting mechanics and being 20hrs long.
Crono cross continues to be a hit or miss with folks. That's OK. Still love it to death.
First time I saw this was with my buddy at the mall. Electronics Boutique.
We were early teens and he loves Chrono Trigger so he bought it. I just loved anything RPG, but I remember what I wanted at the time was memory cards for my PS1, and a new controller.
We got back to his place, and I watched as he became increasingly disappointed while playing it. I guess to him, it wasn't Chrono Trigger enough.
But then he gave it to me.
And as for me.
I played the *shit* out of this game. Still own it.
Story was... odd. But OST was god-level.
I didn’t know the game came out already!
I was a 90s kid and I didn't have time for this shit. I would play Final Fantasy 6 and 7 and Chrono multiple times, but not this crap. I didn't even finish it once, it was awful!
I liked the gameplay! And what characters I DID find on my own was an absolute joy!
As Trigger is my favorite game of all time, I adored Cross when it came out. I still do. Though I disagree with your opinions on this game, I respect and understand your opinions. You rock, PG! Happy new year!
Your videos are sick ! Hope you enjoy making them as much fun as they are to watch :)
I was in 4th grade when I played this game. That was back in 2001. So fair to say, I had no idea of the story. I was just playing
For the things in this game that are a turnoff for me, there is something else that makes it kind of worth the pain.
No random encounters? 👀 but there are way too many party members
No grinding required? 👀 but I didn’t fully understand the battle system until halfway in my play through
Hearing you explain the plot points made me remember, the game can be a bit over ambitious for what is in the final product. Although I like that there’s plenty that you can imagine they wanted to include.
Favorite songs? Gotta be the Shadow Forest and the Final Boss theme
I first played this on a PSP about 8 years ago, and it quickly became an all-time favorite. I'd missed out on it when it was new, mostly because of the leveling system; I borrowed it from a friend, saw individual stats rising, and said, "Individual stat gains like in Final Fantasy 2!? NOPE!" It wasn't until I'd played Radical Dreamers (would that make you believe I understood the plot my first playthrough?) that this started looking interesting again (I'm not a huge reader, myself, but I love me some Shadowgate), and I legit played 8 back-to-back playthroughs to get all rainbow gear for every character... which could've been 7, but a CERTAIN CHARACTER doesn't carry their gear to a New Game +. It does have a pretty deep lull not long after the beginning hook, but once it picked up again, I couldn't put it down. There's a lot about it that I like more than Trigger, and I think the biggest part is the story; Chrono Trigger was a feel-good roller coaster of a game, but it was also very irresponsible, and I liked how Cross pointed out that you can't just go ripping back and forth in time, changing history, without some major consequences.
😂 Did finished this back in the day but the story for me gets boiled down SAVE KID! 😅
It's such an interesting game. The game's story makes it clear in the 3rd act that "Yes, this is a Chrono Trigger sequel" but everything else feels completely unique to this game. And the story- I was following until the dragons and Harle got involved. Gets hella confusing at that point.
I was wondering if you planned to play and review the longest ongoing JRPG ever created, Trails Series?
I played this game years ago on the ps1. In fact, i still have the game, disc, case and all. I love the game. Next to FF7, they are my favorites. The musical score in this game is very jrpg ish and the battle system is one of the best. Just complete the color bubble with a solid color and let it rip. I replayed the game to collect all the characters and the second time around was a breeze. I'm glad it is now out on switch as the ps1 version looks shitty without a tube TV (standard definition). But yeah, great game whether you play trigger or not.
i tried to like this game when it first came out. but i couldn't. one day i'll try it again.
I was really feelin it in the beginning but toward the middle-end it lost me hard. Gameplay still fun tho!
I still don't understand why they release chrono cross before chrono trigger is my blowing. I know it's on the p c and mobile, but this game deserves something. And maybe they feel like the ds version is good enough, I don't think so. They can literally make an expansion pack for game. There's a lot of time periodic they've never touched on.
The stand out tracks for me in this game always include
Times Scar
Magical Dreamers
Fragments Of A Dream
Dream Of the Shore Near Another World
Prisoners Of Fate
Radical Dreamers: Unstolen Jewel
The OST is one of the best ever. Hands down.
Dragon God
Chronopolis
Lost in Time
Dragoons
Chronomatic
The Dead Sea
Gaea’s Navel
Fate - Devine Destiny
Burning Orphanage
Following perfection and FAILING MISERABLY!🤯
The game itself was SOOO disappointing. I had never played Chrono Trigger, and the disjointed nature of the story was just totally weird. The serious tones were so awkward when slapstick characters were involved, and vice versa. Much like you pointed out, I couldn't follow the story at all the first playthrough.
So what did I like? The characters. Bringing them closure and resolving their issues was so good! Nikki's heritage was one that particularly stands out to me. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.
I totally agree that the game should have been its own experience. Leaving out the Chrono Trigger stuff would have been better. Chrono Trigger fans tend to be... dedicated. Had this come out on its own, I think it would have been remembered as one of the greats of the PS1. Instead, it's seen as a disappointing sequel.
Thanks for all the videos this year! Your content is the best. Looks like next year will be even better! Enjoy your New Year!!!
Oh that’s rough. Playing this without Trigger removes all the impact of the second half of the story. It would be like watching Endgame without Infinity War.
@@CrowTRobot I'm going to make an effort to play Chrono Trigger this year. I just can't get past the Akira Toriyama artwork. It was the same thing with Dragon Quest and Blue Dragon. It's just so gross to me. Weird little bobble head children with creepy eyes. Blech. I'll give it another go, I guess...
I read The Infinity Gauntlet as it came out when I was 12. Those movies hold nothing for me. They're a pale shadow of the original story, and without trying to be controversial, there's never been a major comics crossover event I've loved in my 40+ years of reading comics. They're all just a cash grab.
Werewolf By Night was cool though. Definitely worth a watch.
I loved this game as a kid. Hearing your adult take is interesting.
I've got completionist in me, too, however i like customization a lot more, and picking your team was fun for me! I wasn't as sad missing so.e characters if I could get the ones I really wanted.
I played this game years before chrono trigger (hadn't heard of it, lol)
One of those weird games that I really want to play but I'm scared I'll hate it. I actually own a copy for Switch so one day I fully intend to play it...guess we'll see!
Yeah...yeah...it's certainly an odd game. I do like it more than not but anyone who DISLIKES it, I totally get it.
Just found your channel, I completely respect this review. As a og fan, the plot was crazy but what I comprehend was a blast.
I enjoy Chrono Cross in spite of all it's short comings but I always take a long break at the same time in the game: after the exposition dump in Chronopolis, just before the final dungeon. Before that the story wasn't great but nor was it offensively bad, but after that whole 'Humans bad! Tyranids good!' thing I always have to take a break. Bro, I played Chrono Trigger. Humans existed and were dangerous BEFORE Lavos hit and the lizard people were massive wankers. Lavos didn't invent magic, he didn't forcibly evolve humanity. Couple that with the disrespectful way it treats the Trigger legacy characters and it's a game I enjoy playing but ultimately winds up irritating me every time.
I also really like the opening theme, but "Dragon God" is an amazing boss theme.
Chrono Cross was one of the best RPGs on PS1, so I am glad that younger generation fans will have a chance to enjoy this game once again. As an old fan of the original Chrono Cross I would probably play through the switch version to enjoy the fresh coat of paint, and just a generally awesome (and dare I say, underrated,) JRPG that has lots of replay value and an outstanding soundtrack. Also, in my opinion, I would take the "Chrono Cross is not a sequel to Chrono Trigger" wisdom that nearly every reviewer of Cross mentions with a grain of salt. I mean, sure, it's not like you play as Chrono or Magus in some sort of immediate continuation of Trigger's story (if you want to play such a game, check out the fan-made ROM hack for the SNES, called Crimson Echos.) But Chrono, Lucca, Marle and Schala all actually make NPC appearances in Cross, and Cross is very much in the same universe as Trigger, and has shared backstory that is significant in the plots of both games. And sure, the battle gameplay is different between the two games, as well as a several other things, but to me, Cross still shares so much of its DNA with Trigger, that it seems silly to me to say it's not some form of sequel. Just my opinion...
You kind of addressed it but, most of your complaints were commonplace for JRPGs of that era! I recall understanding everything about combat/leveling in Cross but watching your video some 20 years removed, and I'm fuckin' lost in the sauce!
1:40 Oh you didn't do/knew about the Save Marbule sidequestline? It's possible to resolve this demi-human conflict by doing that sidequest and even get a concert at the end as a reward alongside explaining a part of the huge cast of characters their relations with each other.
The Porre Army part was technically lead by an unknown leader which Norris was working under, but the game never directly states who that may be, and that is because Masato Kato expects someone to remember certain moments from CT to detect that Mr Dalton himself is basically a major behind the scenes driving force for some of the events of CC, for he never died in CT. The conflict rather gets pushed back from their search for someone like Serge, Lynx and so forth. That said, I assume (because I was never able to talk to Masato Kato back then) the third Chrono game which was apparently active in development around 2005, hence why the CT DS game later was giving enhanced scenes to connect the games more, was going to tie all of that together. Thing is, Masato Kato's major crew he wanted to do the third Chrono game with was stuck at FF11 eversince, and he doesn't wanna compromise from what I get about that subject.
CC overall tho had a troubled development before Masato Kato wanted his "recruit every NPC you like" idea to be fullfilled within this game, which imo hurt the game and focus of what it wanted to be, which is why I see CC as some sorta guilty pleasure game, cuz I know it has issues, it has some loose ends for interpretation and tries to be thoughtful but it isn't a round game in itself.
I don't really think CC had trouble explaining it's combat system if you didn't skip that one time you had the chance to get your optional tutorial in a game that isn't really self explainatory, but I get why it can feel too much because the game doesn't pace the battle system explanation very well and the fact you can miss it entirely if you didn't talk to Radius at the start is bothersome if not an unhealthy gamedesign choice :/
Actually Poshul has two(?) versions to recruit her. One is the standard "fetch her the heckran bone" action but the other is just recruiting Leena, cuz Poshul always joins in when Leena does.
Funny thing about Kid: You can avoid recruiting her the entire game over, and no there is no extra ending or so for it, as if the game indirectly begs for the player to recruit her.. which lets me wonder why she isn't a forced recruitable, like quite some story parts deal with Kid existing, so why actively have the option to ignore basically a 2ndary main protagonist? It's not like you can get Leena back for example if you don't from what I know.
Tbf you don't need the rainbow weapons at all if you play smart. I do prefer the Rainbow Swallow over the Mastermune, and also cuz so the endgame isn't cheesy breezy due to the additional "effective against dragons" bonus, but ultimately one could care less about it, unless someone is struggling with the superboss of this game from a certain easily overseeable island.
11:25 actually you can get that item after Karsh leaves the room, as in after the Viper manor incident. And about the barrel, apparently the barrel says something different in the japanese version to encourage you to talk to it again, like it coughing during the "it's just a barrel" part.
13:10 Quite a shame really, as musicwise you get to hear where the unfitting CC main battle theme comes from and why it works in RD then in CC, and where the burning orphanage music comes from, or why Lynx battle theme from RD wasn't in CC which he definitly deserved. Or how Radius, Riddel and someone working under Dalton which name I forgot acted before they were reworked into their CC self. Or how the Serge of RD feels more expressive then the CC one, also because he is a traveling musician and basically composed "the girl who stole the stars", a tune that Kid knows from years back, heck the dynamic between Serge and Kid from RD feels so much more organic then in CC that it confused the hecksies out of me why Masato kato didn't stay with that concept/idea and polished up the loose ends that RD had in for CC, like it would only positively expanded the CC lore and made more sense for why Kid likes Serge or vice versa then how forced it feels in CC comparetively :/
(Also the joke endings are damn hilarious and RD is like 3 1/2 hours long, maybe faster when you use an online map as the manor has a layout that can get confused to a point that you never find a certain room because of how the choices are mapped out)
Why do you criticize "lack of original music"? Like what do you want, remastered tracks that ruin the original composition of CC? I'm happy that they only put in higher quality audio tracks from back then without changing up the music for better or worse (like the main battle theme).
Tho if you wanna talk about new content: Beat CC and RD once and watch the credits in the main menu WITHOUT skipping them, as the secret new cutscene explaining something that bothers fans of CT and CC will get shown that way, while also hinting more about a third Chrono title in the future!
Elementals were whack. Materia is much better. Also, Lynx tried too hard. Serge and Kid? Nikki? This was way ahead of the LGBT community 😂 😢
What I remember about Chrono Cross:
+ The music. It is amazing.
= The art was okay.
-Why are their so many characters with no personality or character? I swear I got one lady with a frying pan on my team because her son decided he didn't like me.
-What is the story? I didn't remember more than a few details from the entire game.
-The ending. All that effort for a video of modern day Japan. Okay, the song was lovely, but damn that was a disappointment.
Honestly I'd have been so much nicer on this game if I hadn't loved Chrono Trigger to death and expected this to be on that level
I have an xbox series x and i notice this game NEVER goes on sale.
Yes it's a cheap game $26.99 CND but im even cheaper.
I want this game at 50% off
Do ya feel me.
I played as a kid so maybe it was easier for me to understand it all on my first playthrough as an adult. But this game is truly amazing and different from any other RPG I've ever played. I wish they put more effort into this remake.
I still like CC but it’s nowhere close to Trigger. All the unimportant party members you can get, combat is a downgrade, music is a downgrade. Story tries way too hard
Though my favorite part is when Serge and Lynx swap bodies. That is cool
Me looking at Chrono Cross after this review: Get away from me!
Me remembering Radiant Historia and Chrono Trigger: Why aren't you on Switch yet?!
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My experience with Chrono Cross was a huge disappointment. I was an RPG megafan growing up in the 80s and 90s with Final Fantasy being the gold standard at the time. Chrono Trigger was one of the best RPGs of the decade and was much beloved at my household. My brother and I got nearly every ending as we played the crap out of that cartridge. Fast forward a few years to the Playstation era where there a ton of hype is brewing over the long awaited sequel to Chrono Trigger. My friends and I waited with baited breath until at last the sequel we dreamed about hit store shelves. This was when the hype turned to hatred and revulsion as what we got was a convoluted janky mess instead of another legendary Chrono game. The story didn't make a whole lot of sense, Akira Toriyama's iconic artwork was gone, the tight cast of likable well-developed characters was replaced by a massive inundation of generic throwaways who didn't have individual personalities or any unique interactions beyond their recruitment dialog. The battle system was also convoluted and too easy, wherein I believe you could beat the whole game using only base attacks and no elements. Random battles don't give exp. making them a waste of your time as the only way to level up is to defeat a boss. That means you will go through hundreds of random battles for no reason at all except to waste hours of your one and only real life. The internet wasn't the bastion of information it is today so we didn't know that the story of Chrono Cross wasn't initially intended to be a sequel to Trigger, but was actually a continuation of a game/visual novel called Radical Dreamers that was repurposed and re-written to be a semi-sequel to Chrono Trigger. As the lovely miss Pelvic points out, it was all about brand recognition and since Trigger was a massive hit while Radical Dreamers was never released in the West, shaky ties to Trigger were contrived in order to brand Cross as a "spiritual successor" by adding in bits of lore and character references from Trigger to Cross. They don't make a lot of sense and feel misplaced. I don't hate the game, but mostly hate the way fans were mislead at the time to think that this was going to be like Trigger when it was in fact a continuation of a different game that had the Chrono branding slapped onto it to sell copies. It would have been better to call it Radical Dreamers 2 instead of forcing connections that felt unnatural and left fans disappointed.
PS1 and PS2, the era of "Make sure they need to buy the strategy guide" game design
I played CC a couple yeats ago when a podcast i like covered it. And enjoyed it enough. But for some reason i always think about it. Now i find myself always listening to the music and being nostalgic of my playthrough. It might just be one if those games that are better in retrospective.
As legendary as Trigger is, I've never played either. I've watched on and off gameplay of the remaster of this one by friends though, and I admittedly don't ever wanna play Cross lol. Not that it looks bad but that battle system has a lot going on and it was the first time in my life i ever felt like a JRPG system was genuinely daunting and i wasn't even the one playing. Props to you for even explaining it lol.
Also the jester girl really fine
by the third play through i noticed so many potholes, this game is so flawed, they cut magus out due to time constraints but had 50+ characters no one cares about including a living mushroom--btw guile was supposed to be magus originally hence the mask (the bonus ending to chrono trigger DS attempts to make magus into guile)
You cant drop this many reviews back to back, i wasn't ready! I found this page off of someone else's recommendation for some review (cant remember what) on a game I wanted to buy and the breakdown of the games and the music, the mechanics...ign could never!
I understood the gist of the story on my first play through. Playing it again right away filled in a lot of what I missed. Part of the trouble understanding this game is it’s very convoluted, and once you figure it all out there’s a ton of plot holes.
Originally, one of the characters was going to be Magus from chrono trigger but they had to cut his character story in order to have the billion issueless characters.
I thought about playing this game a lot. Then i heard "element, element, element... element - element - element. Element. Element! Element;, element. Element: element." and i just kept playing Tears of the Kingdom. Ty.
The storyline is what keeps me from playing this game. If the story doesn't hold me I just can't, no matter how good the art, music, or battle system.
Never played this and loved trigger. This sounds too complicated 😅
“Can a girl say yes to anything involving Kid?” 🤣
Glenn double Einlanzers! Broken completely broken.
5 seconds in... YES I HAVE!
No matter the critique or argument... That OST slaps hard
I remember when I first played this game around this time in 2001. I did not understand the story either lol. It was not until my 3rd or 4th play through I started to understand it a little.
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I consider it more of a spin off than sequel. Kind of like Persona vs SMT.
Best OST in JRPG history
Cross was a great game, but a bad sequel. Still, I’m happy to play it again.
I adore this game almost as much as I do the original even with its flaws (especially the frame rate issues in this version), I get the story these days but I definitely did not understand all of back in the early 2000's.
The slow down feature is only good in my book for the dragon feeding mini game.
I'm noticing that alot of your videos as of late don't cut to the wonderful narrator as much as they used to. Give the thirsty people what they want 😢
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Wait, the remaster comes with a fast forward feature? Thats funny, cause if I recall one of the rewards for getting to new game plus was a fast forward feature.
sounds like that crappy legend of mana.
When this came out and I originally played it my take was that more people would have liked it had they not put Chrono in the title. It's hard to follow one of the greatest games of all time. One of these days I do need to replay it
I've been saying the same thing since its release. That said, I like this game, don't love it. It does a lot of things well, but doesn't blow me away in any departments other than soundtrack and some of the areas you visit. I'm with you about replaying it, but I get the feeling it won't hold my attention like it did 20 years ago.
I've never seen a story start out so strong - even the first quest to impress Serge's girlfriend is a lot darker than it pretends to be, and ties into the themes of a lack of empathy for the other...
But it's so warm and so powerful and fun too - becoming cats before Lynx spoiler. That rock concert with real power chords.
It was shaping up to be one of the best.
Then it's suddenly written by a pretentious Wikipedia article on nihilism. And nothing has anything to do with the story we were being told. What happened?
you're right sometimes it's cool to grind - towtansua
No wonder I got so lost with CC when I was a kid. Imagine not knowing English very well while trying to play a game with so much cryptic stuff in it. Ugh... Also, is it just me, or do most Square Soft titles for the PS1 suffer from this obviously cut content syndrome?
Oh you're not alone. I just feel like toward the later half of the game it's a hardcore information dump. I certainly think some do, but this one was painfully obvious...
I can't agree it's a great game it's worthy of its name and its one of my favorite ps1 games of all time.
It's not a sequel but has references to Chrono Trigger
This game feels like a hybrid of Chrono Trigger and Xenogears
While Cross was indeed confusing in its storytelling element - no pun intended - it will still hold a grand place in my heart. I have not acquired the remaster yet (wth is wrong with me?) but I do plan on getting it at some point in time (still no pun intended). God, this post is cringe. Anyway, I appreciate your review. I won't be one of those people who'll be all "if you played it in the 90s/00s, you'd like it better". Hell with that. Enjoy it in whatever era you're in.
BTW, what ending did you get the first time around? The true ending or the 'default' ending? I accidentally got the true ending my first playthrough. That was a rich experience.
I played it in 2021 again and man, I did not like it. Needs a guide mandatory!
the nostalgia i'm getting from your explanation of this combat system and just what little i remember of the core game play loop...
time to get it for the switch
The combat system was so good- and I loved being able to avoid getting overleveled
I still think this is one of the most fleshed out battle systems on the PS1. And the sound track? Easily one of the best. Great game. Love it.
Spoiler alert Guile is magus
I have no idea how this showed up in my feed, But thanks for the video.
is it weird that i dont remember this battle system
Honestly, I loved this game for wacky it is. It grows very inwardly and it doesn't like to explain anything but at the same time the true ending really ties it all together for me. Like the game has as much heart as it has wonky pacing. It is one of those marvels of the PS1 era that could never stand in today's market for how egregious yet amusing and compelling it can be at points (the Fort Dragonia sequence 10/10 without a doubt the best part of the game it had me gagged on the floor)
Fully agree
Blue is your innate element.
I loved Chrono Cross
While Chrono Trigger is way better: this is a direct sequel, Serge is obviously Magus reincarnation(Kid is Schala's) said directly when you read Lucca's letter. The problem with this game it's that the pace is horrible at the start it tries to wrap it all and tbh that last 1/3rd of the game it's a masterpiece in story but after everything is done the game is still good but doesn't come close to CT.
Serge is serge. Guile was meant to be Magus. Did you play radical dreamers? CC was based more on that as a sequel concept than CT itself and Guile/Magil/Gil was carrying on with Kid to keep Schala safe until she remembered who she was. Plus there's the romantic inklings between Serge and Kid, and are we sure we want that between reincarnated siblings
@@luciferfaust Kid is Schala's reincarnation so Kid isn't just Kid, go and watch a video of Lucca's letter... Serge is called Janus by Lucca in it. There was no romance between the two at all. Serge had his love interest from the start of the game.
That combat lag you’re referring to around 6:55 is in the original game. It was a pain at the ripe age of 8 just as much as it is today 😭 😂
Amazing review, as always!