EPTThrough the rose-tinted spectacles: Chrono Trigger - Page 10
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JayDee_
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Liquid`Zephyr
United States996 Posts
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
On November 15 2011 17:41 JayDee_ wrote: The Secret of Mana (Chrono Triggers predecessor) is one of my all time favs. I was a little disappointed to find out the real time combat in SoM was absent in Chrono Trigger. However, I quickly found the atmosphere and story line engaging. Secret of Mana and CT were both made by the same company, but other than that its a stretch to call one of them a predecessor, since they are unrelated other than the SquareSoft logo. BTW if you are a Secret of Mana fan, you should check out Seiken Densetsu 3 (Secret of Mana 2, basically) and Secret of Evermore (unrelated, but gameplay was modeled heavily on Secret of Mana). You can probably find the translation patch of SD3 on google. Anyway, both are worth a look and a playthrough if you liked Secret of Mana. Same type of game and same company. | ||
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CCa1ss1e
Canada3231 Posts
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thesideshow
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Never got bored of it. | ||
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AugustDreams
Australia127 Posts
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JayDee_
548 Posts
On November 15 2011 18:20 Sentenal wrote: Secret of Mana and CT were both made by the same company, but other than that its a stretch to call one of them a predecessor, since they are unrelated other than the SquareSoft logo. BTW if you are a Secret of Mana fan, you should check out Seiken Densetsu 3 (Secret of Mana 2, basically) and Secret of Evermore (unrelated, but gameplay was modeled heavily on Secret of Mana). You can probably find the translation patch of SD3 on google. Anyway, both are worth a look and a playthrough if you liked Secret of Mana. Same type of game and same company. I played Secret of Evermore. It's a good game, although I was disappointed with it's lack of co-op. I've never heard of Seiken Densetsu 3. I'll definitely check it out when my semester is finished. Thanks! | ||
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MilesTeg
France1271 Posts
Your post would be better without the part on Final Fantasy. If you were born a little later you would feel the same about them as you feel about Chrono Trigger. There is usually a very good reason why the characters do what they do, and have their responsibility, your point is just silly. I agree that Mitsuda is a genius though. Have you played Xenogears? No teenager there, although there is a cute animal. Big robots too, you'll enjoy it  | ||
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Sablar
Sweden880 Posts
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Bratalix
Sweden34 Posts
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keioh
France1099 Posts
I summon the power of love and friendship on you bro ! I hope you'll write something about planescape : torment because I don't know this game and I think there could be no better way to learn about. | ||
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thesideshow
930 Posts
On November 15 2011 07:08 Milkis wrote: Oh, and Chrono Cross has a better OST than Chrono Trigger. How is that even possible! D: I need to go and play chrono cross now. BRB failing my final year in uni. | ||
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MilesTeg
France1271 Posts
On November 15 2011 19:55 thesideshow wrote: How is that even possible! D: I need to go and play chrono cross now. BRB failing my final year in uni. It's true Best soundtrack ever IMO. Although the combat theme is weirdly atrocious, and it's the one you hear the most :p The game itself, while very good, isn't as good as CT. | ||
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Kring
Portugal70 Posts
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GeedrAhsc
United States97 Posts
Awesome article, and thanks for sharing! | ||
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17Sphynx17
580 Posts
I actually have it on my phone also. My SNES no longer works and don't have a DS. Still great memories and great game. Also one of my faves. I also don't like the later Final Fantasy games. And it all started with FF8. I know that is a personal preference but the story never really latched on to me and kept me going unlike the older games. I'm 27 right now and I love it. My younger brother who never got to play it back in the SNES actually enjoys the game after he saw me playing through it with an emulator back in the old Pentium 4 days. And even if he upgrades his PC, we always have a copy of CT in one medium or the other. =) Also, I stopped loving FF Games after 7 and Tactics. They were by far the line when I felt FF games started to dip afterwards. But that's me. Never was excited to play Chrono Cross though as I didn't want to ruin the whole "world" that was Chrono Trigger universe. Read bad reviews in the past and decide against even bothering with it up to now. =) | ||
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flowSthead
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Also, I am surprised the guy above me is the first person to mention FF Tactics, since that is probably the game I consider the best in the JRPG genere, but I guess that is not a popular opinion. | ||
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Sandster
United States4054 Posts
On November 15 2011 23:36 flowSthead wrote: I think most people that hate on FFX just hate it because of the really awful voice acting. The dialogue and plot isn't actually horrible, it just has the worse voice acting in the history of the video games (I think it's also one of the first voice acted games) so at times the dialogue seems clunky and unnatural, even though it isn't. I replayed the game when I was older and I noticed the bag voice acting, but you can eventually just ignore it and focus on the actual dialogue, which is pretty good. When you compare it to FF12, a weaker game in terms of plot and characterization, FF12 seems like a smoother game because of the better voice acting. Also, I am surprised the guy above me is the first person to mention FF Tactics, since that is probably the game I consider the best in the JRPG genere, but I guess that is not a popular opinion. This is a really big hit though. We go from legendary main chars like Celes/Terra/Locke, Cloud, Squall, hell even Zidane, and then the first time our main character speaks he is...the biggest whiner/crybaby seen in the history of video games up to that time. The fact that he and Jecht has one of the most touching scenes doesn't change the fact that you endure his voice acting for 40+ hours to get there. As for FFT - I'm guessing most people don't classify it as a RPG. The storyline for that thing is insane though...I'd say even comparable to Planescape: Torment (in a different way, but still good). | ||
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ThatBronyGuy
United States169 Posts
On November 14 2011 16:07 Aylear wrote: there to slumber for millions of years until the stars aid in its escape, and-- Wait. I think I got my mythoi confused. I won't lie to all of you and say that when I read this particular part, I didn't do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU4HMhic6AU That's an awesome little tidbit that you threw in there Aylear and I, for one, very much appreciated it. But, anyway, getting back to the post. This was very well written and definitely conveys your passion for Chrono Trigger. I remember playing it a little bit a couple years ago when I was away from the U.S. for a semester abroad and was looking for a video game fix. I enjoyed it very much, but never ended up finishing it for whatever reason. Probably because I already knew the story from seeing it talked about on numerous sites, so there wasn't any real incentive to go out and properly beat it. Great post again sir and may you remember that friendship is magic (yay). | ||
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kusu
Sweden440 Posts
 great post! | ||
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