I can get behind Crono's era😂 I laughed out loud at that part. I have to say this game has me hooked. The style of this game after being shown "I stole the item on the table at the fair" had me constantly thinking about what I do, if I'm making the right decisions and what I'll be effecting throughout the rest of the game. The small little details to this game were just perfect! Honestly after just being shy of beating this game, I was asked what I'll do when I finish the game. And the answer might just be going back and trying to get a few of the other endings. This game is definitely a masterpiece and timeless! Thanks for the video!!
Oh thanks for tuning in!! I knew you would love that part too haha. Such a great game. I hope you have a chance to check out the other endings, well worth it!
I literally could not believe this was Yasunori Mitsuda's first whole soundtrack done entirely by himself!! Also is it just me or does Guardia Millennial Fair sound like Sing for the Day by Styx...?? 👀
Oh man, brilliant video! Absolutely agree with everything you said! Chrono Trigger is easily one of the best games ever made! You just reminded me to finally replay this masterpiece!
This is fantastic! Excellent job!!! Chrono Trigger is such a good game, one of my all-time favourites! I probably owe it to myself to play it again since it's been a long time now!
Pretty much everything about it is so damn perfect in my eyes, tho you already knew that 😉 Also cool transition, with your awesome guitar rendition of the Festival theme 🎸🔥
Absolute gem of gaming history. To Far Away Times, World Revolution, Magus’s Battle theme, Corridors of Time, the soundtrack alone is so goated it’s incredible even to this day it hasn’t been topped
Without watching the video yet I’d say its pacing is perfect. The story pushes you never leaving you lost or confused ( your dad isn’t a giant blob monster or anything)
Pacing for sure is one of the many reasons it's great. It doesn't overstay its welcome! I like that it can be finished in under 15 or so hours too - a nice bite size (?) jrpg haha!
I agree with your assessment. CT is in a tier of its own. (Altho I've never played Earthbound) My fave CT song is "Secret of the Forest." It does evoke something magical about trees and forest ecosystems.
Also my favorite song from Chrono Trigger! This just reminds me that I do need to get back to it. Thanks for the subtle nod to Tay, we love a good bit of fun for the Swifties! Great video!
@@ErekLadd Awesome dude! I feel so sorry and sad for Akira Toriyama's passing from 2 months ago on the first day of March. He was the Creator of not only *Chrono Trigger,* but he also created *Dragon Quest* franchise and THE Best Epic Badass Anime Show of All Time: *Dragon Ball* franchises. I'll miss him SO much! 😔😞🥺
Chrono Trigger could have come out today and it still would be a contender for best game of the year and all time. That's how high the quality of this game is. You know all those times games are overhyped up and the game fails to live up to all the praise and expectations? Chrono Trigger is that outlier. It has aged like Fine wine.
I agree with you there. It’s just the right blend of everything that it works so well. I’d love to see how it would go if it were to come out for the first time now! Interesting to think of!
Such a beautiful video man, and excellent job on the guitar cover! This is one JRPG I need to play, however I'm kind of holding out for an HD-2D remake, but if not, then I'll play the original!
This is the only game I think that won't ever get touched in that way. Surely it would've happened already if that were the case. Maybe for 30th anniversary next year but who knows!
I like your Millennial jammin' and sick axe. I'm 44 and have played Chrono Trigger since release. I've had an active game going at almost all times. And the food for thought thing, dude, this game has had me cookin' since 95. Star Trek and Marty McFly helped a little too.
I didn't even try Chrono Trigger until the 00s -- roughly two console generations late -- and didn't play past the first act until the DS version came out, and I still think it's one of the best games, regardless of genre or platform, that had been released at that point. It still holds up extremely well today.
The developer ending was great, that moment they honor your speed run of the game and fast forward through the credits 😂 This game was the first JRPG game I played as a kid and it forever cemented itself as a core memory. I come back to this game time to time over my lifetime, anytime it was released on a new platform (almost 40 here 😅) There really isn’t a game like it. I think it is a masterpiece. Its soundtrack is a corner stone in my musical library. Loved the guitar playing ❤ such a nostalgic song.
My favorite …the best game ever. Fully deserves the recognition. Amazing to hear the stories of the development team and the tireless dedication to completing the work on this masterpiece. Great video Erek!
I searched for years for another JRPG that "felt" like Chrono Trigger. I was disappointed playing most FF games, but fell in love with Dragon Quest for this reason. In particular, DQV, DQVIII, and DQXI.
They NEED to make a port of this for the Switch FF Pixel Remaster style. I havent been able to replay this game since the first time I tried it on PS1 when I was 15. (It was already very old by that point and I had a cheap PS1 as a backup if my PS2 broke, which it did). I was gonna download the mobile version of the game but I read far too many people saying you get stuck at one point bc of the way movement works in the port. I was one of the people that downloaded the Chrome Cross remaster first day and played through it fast as hell. I really wanted to go back to this one next but I have no way of doing so
I honestly thought it would've happened by now but at the same time I just assumed it's the one game Square won't touch. Maybe for the 30 year anniversary next year? You can play it on steam, apparently that version works ok. My preferred version will always be the snes version though!
DS version is the best. The translation done by Ted Woolsey was suitable for letting you play and understand the game, but it wasn't all that accurate. Both the DS and Steam versions have a revised script that is more accurate to the original. And that is more appreciable if you decide to play Chrono Cross since you won't be QUITE as confused by it once the game starts linking itself to its predecessor. The Steam version has all the bells and whistles of the DS version save for a missing FMV that was never put back in. For that reason, the DS version edges out the Steam version. I will say that the added reptile side quest that has you climbing a mountain and bouncing between two time periods to repeat the process isn't worth your time. I don't know who thought that nonsense up, but it adds nothing to the game narratively and the equipment you get from it, while strong, isn't necessary to take out the Dream Devourer.
Have you played Chained Echoes? In my opinion it's kind of the spiritual successor to Chrono Trigger the only rpg that has come close. Would love to hear your thoughts!
I have it on steam! I played the first two or so hours of it but had issues on launch day with my steam deck. I really need to go back and play! I also had contact with the dev/publisher of the game so I'd love to chat with them for my podcast!
To be honest, I like Final Fantasy VI even more than this. Chrono Trigger is objectively better as far as video game endings go though. Though I'd argue that Final Fantasy VI has objectively the better ending because it only had one ending and the programmers only had to focus on one.
@@ErekLadd Would love them to drop it on the Switch’s official emulator. They’ve done a bunch of classics already. This would be a good fit for Chrono Trigger.
It's a good game though I do think saying it's the best is overrated. I played this and the FF series a similar time in my life around 20 years ago. I can still remember many aspects of FF7-10, could hum some of the music, and name all the main characters. I've forgotten a lot of Chrono Trigger in comparison and I'd say it's because it didn't make as much of an impact on me.
chrono trigger was such a masterpiece that the 'enhanced' versions were all inferior. even just adding an extra dungeon made the game worse by virtue of bringing the average quality down. literally the only game ever made that could not be improved. on original hardware, with a proper CRT television, remains the only truly perfect gaming experience we have ever produced. and yes, the game looked way better on a crt than any modern screen.
@@dietbajablast5790you are incorrect. obviously you never played it on a real crt which looks amazing. also, the remade ui was inferior both aesthetically and functionally, also also the added dungeons and super weapons were bland with recycled assets that, as i noted in my original comment, diminished the overall average quality of the product. you cant 'improve' the mona lisa... but you might think you can if you have no appreciation for art.
Hard disagree. I can't stand this game. Most of the characters that stand out are villains, and I hate all of them, and not for good reasons. They're evil for the sake of being evil, they're stereotypical megalomaniacs with no concern for any consequences of their actions, and they're just plain annoying. I even consider King Guardia to be a villain because he sided with one over his own daughter. There's no logic or motivation behind anything that happens, at all, in the entire story, just the thinnest possible reasoning for the sake of forwarding the plot. Unforgettable characters? I wish I could forget them. I hate the soundtrack too. There's only a couple of songs I could pick out and say I like them, but the rest are just as annoying as everything else. They're either bland or over the top with almost no in-between. I learned that Mitsuda actually threatened to leave Square unless he was allowed to compose the soundtrack, and I am pissed at the result. The alternative would have been, in my opinion, a much better soundtrack done by Nobuo Uematsu proper, though the soundfont would still be ass, and I can't imagine Mitsuda's career would have been that much different. There are soundtracks of his for other games that I actually like, and none of them are Square games. One of them was the first Mario Party, for crying out loud! As long as I can't forget Chrono Trigger, I can't forgive Mitsuda for making an ass of himself with its soundtrack. The graphics? It can eat my ass. The animations are SO janky, EVERYWHERE, ALL OVER THE PLACE, ALL THE DAMN TIME. I can't stand the sight of it. The themes of consequences? Any lessons the game tries to teach about morality or good behaviour, all fall flat. What am I supposed to be, an altruist? From the beginning, the first challenge is to get through the Millennial Fair without doing anything bad or making any wrong choices. Your reward is a few Ethers. Instead, I ground for Silver Points and EXP against Gato, using the meal to restore my health, so I could buy the best equipment I could get. I do not regret it, and I regret it even less considering the Chancellor is obviously corrupt and Crono's death sentence is a foregone conclusion. The LARA mini-game also sucks. It took me a dozen tries just to figure out how to do it correctly. The gameplay? I do like the battle system, the combos, and the positional attacks are especially impressive for the SNES. But, I actually prefer the random encounters of Final Fantasy over the on-screen encounters of Chrono Trigger, mainly because having the enemies appear on-screen doesn't make them avoidable. A lot of enemies can be spread out and yet fight with each other in the same formation, and there's no indication of where to move to avoid them, if it's even possible. Even worse, there are numerous times when enemies off-screen will slowly slide into position and you wait for several seconds before the battle can actually begin. I played it once. I checked out early. I couldn't make myself care. I might play it again someday, in the vain hope of finding something to prove me wrong, but I remember enough to know that it was not fun.
You know what? Thank you for that. I appreciate your honesty. Obviously your opinion is probably in the minority based on having seen so many people gush about the game for so long - and that's totally cool! While I don't agree with a lot of what you've said, I respect you typing it out and bearing for all to see. One thing, you mentioned a brief delay before battles - the PS1 version is slightly slower for battle loading times. If you do give this game a chance again, the SNES version did not have that.
@@ErekLadd That was the SNES version I was playing. I know a lot of the Final Fantasy games on PS1 had long load times for battles, so it doesn't surprise me that Chrono Trigger would too, but it's slow on SNES too. Not all the time, but there are plenty of battles where the positions of all the enemies take too long to set up, even on SNES, and it gets really annoying.
It's not A masterpiece. It's fun but it has a lot of flaws.its incredibly easy and is babies first rpg. The characters have very little development. Half the cast is useless and it's not particularly well written.
Eh? Dude, no. For me Trigger was a huge letdown. Game is far from flawless. First of all Crono to this day is the worst protagonist I ever saw in jrpg. He is totaly irrevelant to the plot. You can switch him to a potato with a sword and nothing would change. Who is Crono? What is he like? We dont know, because there is nothing to know. He is just a empty husk. All we know is he like to kill animals and kidnap girls. 1st time I played I asumed he has to have some connection to Lavos since his hair looked like Lavos shell, but nope. To this day he is a prime example how NOT to make a silent protagonist. Sure some can say: he is ment to be blank slate, player insert. But Im not redhair. If you want protagonist with no character then do a character creation, if not, give him something like a legend, prophecy or important ansestry. Halfway in the game I almost eate my own words when Crono suecide in front of Lavos, I was like "oh! so he is not a protagonist, he was there so we could experience Magus story as an outsider, as he is the real protagonist of Chrono Trigger! Genius!" but nope. He came back in very dumb way and Magus become irrevelant. Next thing is battle system. Sure you can do unite attacks, but all spells and skills everyone learn are by leveling only. Wow, you cant change skills or bulid characters differently, they will always play the same. You can just switch them to change combine attacks and that is basically it. Except that all you can do is change equipment, but there is an optimal gear so there isnt a need to experiment with it once obtained. It felt like FF4 but with only 3 party members instand of 5. Also why this game has AOE attacks since YOU CANT MOVE in battlefield? All you can do is wait like a moron for enemy to walk (coz enemies can change position, you cant) into AOE area. You watch them doing Brown's movement until you finally press action. That is until you lv up to get skills that hit everyone and forget AOE spells even exist. I can name more things, like no real endgame challange, plot that sometimes make no sense, smallest world EVER created for a RPG (CT planet is a size of a orange), outdated graphiscs, soundeffects and even music (Yeah, I said it, sure this game has some legendary tunes like Shala's theme, but I CANT stand standard battle music, dear God what happend there?). I can aknowlage this games was a Big one in 1994 but dont give me this "It's a perfect game bullshit", It's not, not even close. It might be the most overrated game ever in my opinion.
5:08 also how he speaks about graphics using FMV cutscenes from Playstation remake saing " timeless design". Not so timeless as he himself dont want to use original game graphics.
Crono is a weakly drawn character, I agree, but I think the design team understood that and allowed you to complete the game WITHOUT reviving him. Magus is not irrelevant if you want him to be more relevant.
You're looking into it too much if you're focused on the PS1 cutscenes during the conversation about art/graphics. I used that as a method to show the character art mostly because I was short on time during my edit yesterday and that was a quick way to make a visual comparison to the Dragonball series. Even so, there's nothing wrong with saying the PS1 cutscenes are timeless. Sure there might be preferred versions of the game, SNES is my go to, but I actually played the PS1 port first and those cutscenes blew me away. So in that sense, it's very much valid for me.
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Chrono Trigger is one of the few games that's talked about and truly deserves all the hype it gets. Fantastic video Erek! now I wanna play again!
Couldn't agree more - truly worth of the hype IMO!
I can get behind Crono's era😂 I laughed out loud at that part. I have to say this game has me hooked. The style of this game after being shown "I stole the item on the table at the fair" had me constantly thinking about what I do, if I'm making the right decisions and what I'll be effecting throughout the rest of the game. The small little details to this game were just perfect!
Honestly after just being shy of beating this game, I was asked what I'll do when I finish the game. And the answer might just be going back and trying to get a few of the other endings. This game is definitely a masterpiece and timeless! Thanks for the video!!
Oh thanks for tuning in!! I knew you would love that part too haha. Such a great game. I hope you have a chance to check out the other endings, well worth it!
I literally could not believe this was Yasunori Mitsuda's first whole soundtrack done entirely by himself!! Also is it just me or does Guardia Millennial Fair sound like Sing for the Day by Styx...?? 👀
Oh there's for sure a lot of influences in this music. Love the Styx comparison!
It was not done entirely by himself. Mitsuda was hospitalized with a stomach ulcer, and Uematsu had to come in and do a few tracks.
Oh man, brilliant video! Absolutely agree with everything you said! Chrono Trigger is easily one of the best games ever made! You just reminded me to finally replay this masterpiece!
You and me both!!
This is fantastic! Excellent job!!! Chrono Trigger is such a good game, one of my all-time favourites! I probably owe it to myself to play it again since it's been a long time now!
You and me both! Long overdue for another playthrough!
I am currently playing Chrono Trigger (for the first time lol) on DSi XL and I love it.
I am just finishing up my first play through of the game myself but the snes version. I hope you enjoy it!
I still believe the DS port is the definitive version, but the Chrono Trigger+ rom hack on SNES is a very close second
@@TheShoe1990 yeah I really like how they implemented two screens, elevates the game and you see more on the screen.
Awesome!!! Glad you're loving it!
Pretty much everything about it is so damn perfect in my eyes, tho you already knew that 😉
Also cool transition, with your awesome guitar rendition of the Festival theme 🎸🔥
Oh trust me - I knew that!!!!
Absolute gem of gaming history. To Far Away Times, World Revolution, Magus’s Battle theme, Corridors of Time, the soundtrack alone is so goated it’s incredible even to this day it hasn’t been topped
Chrono Cross OST comes close honestly. Both great in their own ways but Trigger's soundtrack is sooo good.
Without watching the video yet I’d say its pacing is perfect. The story pushes you never leaving you lost or confused ( your dad isn’t a giant blob monster or anything)
Pacing for sure is one of the many reasons it's great. It doesn't overstay its welcome! I like that it can be finished in under 15 or so hours too - a nice bite size (?) jrpg haha!
I agree with your assessment. CT is in a tier of its own. (Altho I've never played Earthbound)
My fave CT song is "Secret of the Forest." It does evoke something magical about trees and forest ecosystems.
Highly recommend Earthbound! Easily one of my favorites!
That rendition of Millenial fair was awesome!
Thank you!!
Also my favorite song from Chrono Trigger! This just reminds me that I do need to get back to it. Thanks for the subtle nod to Tay, we love a good bit of fun for the Swifties! Great video!
I knew you would appreciate that!!
I Absolutely Love *Chrono Trigger* SO much from my Childhood Years! One of My Most Favorite Childhood Video Games to play!
Couldn't agree more! Though I didn't play it fully until I was about 19 or so
@@ErekLadd Awesome dude! I feel so sorry and sad for Akira Toriyama's passing from 2 months ago on the first day of March. He was the Creator of not only *Chrono Trigger,* but he also created *Dragon Quest* franchise and THE Best Epic Badass Anime Show of All Time: *Dragon Ball* franchises. I'll miss him SO much! 😔😞🥺
The intro music when the screen is left alone, fight with lavos, and the ultimate final ending is my favorite music
Chrono Trigger could have come out today and it still would be a contender for best game of the year and all time. That's how high the quality of this game is.
You know all those times games are overhyped up and the game fails to live up to all the praise and expectations? Chrono Trigger is that outlier. It has aged like Fine wine.
I agree with you there. It’s just the right blend of everything that it works so well. I’d love to see how it would go if it were to come out for the first time now! Interesting to think of!
Such a beautiful video man, and excellent job on the guitar cover! This is one JRPG I need to play, however I'm kind of holding out for an HD-2D remake, but if not, then I'll play the original!
This is the only game I think that won't ever get touched in that way. Surely it would've happened already if that were the case. Maybe for 30th anniversary next year but who knows!
@@ErekLadd Damn son, you may be right! Looks like I'm playing the original then 😎
I like your Millennial jammin' and sick axe. I'm 44 and have played Chrono Trigger since release. I've had an active game going at almost all times. And the food for thought thing, dude, this game has had me cookin' since 95. Star Trek and Marty McFly helped a little too.
I didn't even try Chrono Trigger until the 00s -- roughly two console generations late -- and didn't play past the first act until the DS version came out, and I still think it's one of the best games, regardless of genre or platform, that had been released at that point. It still holds up extremely well today.
The developer ending was great, that moment they honor your speed run of the game and fast forward through the credits 😂
This game was the first JRPG game I played as a kid and it forever cemented itself as a core memory. I come back to this game time to time over my lifetime, anytime it was released on a new platform (almost 40 here 😅) There really isn’t a game like it. I think it is a masterpiece. Its soundtrack is a corner stone in my musical library.
Loved the guitar playing ❤ such a nostalgic song.
Totally agree about the music. Easily my favorite aspect of the game!
My favorite …the best game ever. Fully deserves the recognition. Amazing to hear the stories of the development team and the tireless dedication to completing the work on this masterpiece. Great video Erek!
I searched for years for another JRPG that "felt" like Chrono Trigger. I was disappointed playing most FF games, but fell in love with Dragon Quest for this reason. In particular, DQV, DQVIII, and DQXI.
This is one reason why I need to play some older DQ games. DQXI was amazing but I haven't touched any others yet!
What do we have to do to get a Switch version? This might be my all-time favorite game ever made! That’s a bold statement, but I stand by it.
They NEED to make a port of this for the Switch FF Pixel Remaster style. I havent been able to replay this game since the first time I tried it on PS1 when I was 15. (It was already very old by that point and I had a cheap PS1 as a backup if my PS2 broke, which it did). I was gonna download the mobile version of the game but I read far too many people saying you get stuck at one point bc of the way movement works in the port. I was one of the people that downloaded the Chrome Cross remaster first day and played through it fast as hell. I really wanted to go back to this one next but I have no way of doing so
I honestly thought it would've happened by now but at the same time I just assumed it's the one game Square won't touch. Maybe for the 30 year anniversary next year? You can play it on steam, apparently that version works ok. My preferred version will always be the snes version though!
I've been contemplating starting this in the near future, I'm just unsure if I want to start it in PC/SteamDeck or the DS version
SNES version is the best IMO.
DS version is the best. The translation done by Ted Woolsey was suitable for letting you play and understand the game, but it wasn't all that accurate. Both the DS and Steam versions have a revised script that is more accurate to the original. And that is more appreciable if you decide to play Chrono Cross since you won't be QUITE as confused by it once the game starts linking itself to its predecessor.
The Steam version has all the bells and whistles of the DS version save for a missing FMV that was never put back in. For that reason, the DS version edges out the Steam version.
I will say that the added reptile side quest that has you climbing a mountain and bouncing between two time periods to repeat the process isn't worth your time. I don't know who thought that nonsense up, but it adds nothing to the game narratively and the equipment you get from it, while strong, isn't necessary to take out the Dream Devourer.
Have you played Chained Echoes? In my opinion it's kind of the spiritual successor to Chrono Trigger the only rpg that has come close. Would love to hear your thoughts!
I have it on steam! I played the first two or so hours of it but had issues on launch day with my steam deck. I really need to go back and play! I also had contact with the dev/publisher of the game so I'd love to chat with them for my podcast!
To be honest, I like Final Fantasy VI even more than this. Chrono Trigger is objectively better as far as video game endings go though. Though I'd argue that Final Fantasy VI has objectively the better ending because it only had one ending and the programmers only had to focus on one.
This game has been on my “to be played” list for years. Maybe now is the perfect time for me to start.
I'd highly recommend you play it!
@@ErekLadd Now I just need to figure out how to do that lol 😂
@@StevenForditude You can play on iOS/Android or PC! Plus PS1/DS/SNES. A few options, but maybe not all convenient!
@@ErekLadd Would love them to drop it on the Switch’s official emulator. They’ve done a bunch of classics already. This would be a good fit for Chrono Trigger.
@@StevenForditude Exactly! No clue why it's not available there yet.
It's a good game though I do think saying it's the best is overrated. I played this and the FF series a similar time in my life around 20 years ago. I can still remember many aspects of FF7-10, could hum some of the music, and name all the main characters. I've forgotten a lot of Chrono Trigger in comparison and I'd say it's because it didn't make as much of an impact on me.
Yeah it could definitely be because of when/how you played it and what else was going on at the time. It's all situational for sure!
I might be biased because I played it as a kid, but no game has come close to Chrono trigger all these years later.
For sure. Not many games have come close to it!!!
I wish they would do a remake of Chrono Trigger with the combat system of FF7 Remake/Rebirth
Chrono Trigger is the greatest game of all time ever. Chrono Trigger is a work of art.
Most perfect game I can think of. I would change nothing
I have a nintendo 3ds, and obviously a phone. What version should I play
DS version over anything mobile I'd say.
@@ErekLadd Alright thank you man
We need a FF7 remake treatment for chrono trigger. Full cell shade 3D
Everything
The greatest game of all time.
Its peak
"undisputed champion of the JRPG" I mean it's amazing... but FFVI does exist you know.
chrono trigger was such a masterpiece that the 'enhanced' versions were all inferior. even just adding an extra dungeon made the game worse by virtue of bringing the average quality down. literally the only game ever made that could not be improved. on original hardware, with a proper CRT television, remains the only truly perfect gaming experience we have ever produced. and yes, the game looked way better on a crt than any modern screen.
10000000% correct. This game is best played on original hardware on a CRT!!!
NOPE the nintendo DS version is the superior experience due to the 2nd screen.
@@dietbajablast5790you are incorrect. obviously you never played it on a real crt which looks amazing. also, the remade ui was inferior both aesthetically and functionally, also also the added dungeons and super weapons were bland with recycled assets that, as i noted in my original comment, diminished the overall average quality of the product. you cant 'improve' the mona lisa... but you might think you can if you have no appreciation for art.
Hard disagree. I can't stand this game. Most of the characters that stand out are villains, and I hate all of them, and not for good reasons. They're evil for the sake of being evil, they're stereotypical megalomaniacs with no concern for any consequences of their actions, and they're just plain annoying. I even consider King Guardia to be a villain because he sided with one over his own daughter. There's no logic or motivation behind anything that happens, at all, in the entire story, just the thinnest possible reasoning for the sake of forwarding the plot. Unforgettable characters? I wish I could forget them.
I hate the soundtrack too. There's only a couple of songs I could pick out and say I like them, but the rest are just as annoying as everything else. They're either bland or over the top with almost no in-between. I learned that Mitsuda actually threatened to leave Square unless he was allowed to compose the soundtrack, and I am pissed at the result. The alternative would have been, in my opinion, a much better soundtrack done by Nobuo Uematsu proper, though the soundfont would still be ass, and I can't imagine Mitsuda's career would have been that much different. There are soundtracks of his for other games that I actually like, and none of them are Square games. One of them was the first Mario Party, for crying out loud! As long as I can't forget Chrono Trigger, I can't forgive Mitsuda for making an ass of himself with its soundtrack.
The graphics? It can eat my ass. The animations are SO janky, EVERYWHERE, ALL OVER THE PLACE, ALL THE DAMN TIME. I can't stand the sight of it.
The themes of consequences? Any lessons the game tries to teach about morality or good behaviour, all fall flat. What am I supposed to be, an altruist? From the beginning, the first challenge is to get through the Millennial Fair without doing anything bad or making any wrong choices. Your reward is a few Ethers. Instead, I ground for Silver Points and EXP against Gato, using the meal to restore my health, so I could buy the best equipment I could get. I do not regret it, and I regret it even less considering the Chancellor is obviously corrupt and Crono's death sentence is a foregone conclusion. The LARA mini-game also sucks. It took me a dozen tries just to figure out how to do it correctly.
The gameplay? I do like the battle system, the combos, and the positional attacks are especially impressive for the SNES. But, I actually prefer the random encounters of Final Fantasy over the on-screen encounters of Chrono Trigger, mainly because having the enemies appear on-screen doesn't make them avoidable. A lot of enemies can be spread out and yet fight with each other in the same formation, and there's no indication of where to move to avoid them, if it's even possible. Even worse, there are numerous times when enemies off-screen will slowly slide into position and you wait for several seconds before the battle can actually begin.
I played it once. I checked out early. I couldn't make myself care. I might play it again someday, in the vain hope of finding something to prove me wrong, but I remember enough to know that it was not fun.
You know what? Thank you for that. I appreciate your honesty. Obviously your opinion is probably in the minority based on having seen so many people gush about the game for so long - and that's totally cool! While I don't agree with a lot of what you've said, I respect you typing it out and bearing for all to see.
One thing, you mentioned a brief delay before battles - the PS1 version is slightly slower for battle loading times. If you do give this game a chance again, the SNES version did not have that.
I can prove u wrong on a few thing about this game
@@ErekLadd That was the SNES version I was playing. I know a lot of the Final Fantasy games on PS1 had long load times for battles, so it doesn't surprise me that Chrono Trigger would too, but it's slow on SNES too. Not all the time, but there are plenty of battles where the positions of all the enemies take too long to set up, even on SNES, and it gets really annoying.
It's not A masterpiece. It's fun but it has a lot of flaws.its incredibly easy and is babies first rpg. The characters have very little development. Half the cast is useless and it's not particularly well written.
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Eh? Dude, no. For me Trigger was a huge letdown. Game is far from flawless.
First of all Crono to this day is the worst protagonist I ever saw in jrpg. He is totaly irrevelant to the plot. You can switch him to a potato with a sword and nothing would change. Who is Crono? What is he like? We dont know, because there is nothing to know. He is just a empty husk. All we know is he like to kill animals and kidnap girls. 1st time I played I asumed he has to have some connection to Lavos since his hair looked like Lavos shell, but nope. To this day he is a prime example how NOT to make a silent protagonist. Sure some can say: he is ment to be blank slate, player insert. But Im not redhair. If you want protagonist with no character then do a character creation, if not, give him something like a legend, prophecy or important ansestry.
Halfway in the game I almost eate my own words when Crono suecide in front of Lavos, I was like "oh! so he is not a protagonist, he was there so we could experience Magus story as an outsider, as he is the real protagonist of Chrono Trigger! Genius!" but nope. He came back in very dumb way and Magus become irrevelant.
Next thing is battle system. Sure you can do unite attacks, but all spells and skills everyone learn are by leveling only. Wow, you cant change skills or bulid characters differently, they will always play the same. You can just switch them to change combine attacks and that is basically it. Except that all you can do is change equipment, but there is an optimal gear so there isnt a need to experiment with it once obtained. It felt like FF4 but with only 3 party members instand of 5.
Also why this game has AOE attacks since YOU CANT MOVE in battlefield? All you can do is wait like a moron for enemy to walk (coz enemies can change position, you cant) into AOE area. You watch them doing Brown's movement until you finally press action. That is until you lv up to get skills that hit everyone and forget AOE spells even exist.
I can name more things, like no real endgame challange, plot that sometimes make no sense, smallest world EVER created for a RPG (CT planet is a size of a orange), outdated graphiscs, soundeffects and even music (Yeah, I said it, sure this game has some legendary tunes like Shala's theme, but I CANT stand standard battle music, dear God what happend there?).
I can aknowlage this games was a Big one in 1994 but dont give me this "It's a perfect game bullshit", It's not, not even close.
It might be the most overrated game ever in my opinion.
5:08 also how he speaks about graphics using FMV cutscenes from Playstation remake saing " timeless design". Not so timeless as he himself dont want to use original game graphics.
Crono is a weakly drawn character, I agree, but I think the design team understood that and allowed you to complete the game WITHOUT reviving him. Magus is not irrelevant if you want him to be more relevant.
You're looking into it too much if you're focused on the PS1 cutscenes during the conversation about art/graphics. I used that as a method to show the character art mostly because I was short on time during my edit yesterday and that was a quick way to make a visual comparison to the Dragonball series. Even so, there's nothing wrong with saying the PS1 cutscenes are timeless. Sure there might be preferred versions of the game, SNES is my go to, but I actually played the PS1 port first and those cutscenes blew me away. So in that sense, it's very much valid for me.