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On November 15 2011 01:46 Ack1027 wrote:
Also thank you for pointing out how terrible FF games have been after the Square-Enix merger. <---- HOLY FUCK Thank you
Edit: How did I know that people were gonna defend games like ff9/10 here against masterpieces of human kind like ff6/7/ct loooool it never ends
Well that was a well reasoned response. All those debate classes must have really helped you write that. I especially like the "loooool" at the end, since 5 Os instead 1 really get your point across so much better.
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United States22154 Posts
5/5
One of the best blogs I have had the privilege of reading in a long time. Mind you I never played chronotrigger, so now I'm figuring out how I'm going to do that (probably with an emulator) so I too can enjoy the magic.
Thanks ^_^
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Well written man, I'm getting a good dose of nostalgia from that. ^_^
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Kau
Canada3501 Posts
Amazing read! I think it might be time to try to get all the endings again :p
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On November 15 2011 01:51 flowSthead wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2011 01:46 Ack1027 wrote:
Also thank you for pointing out how terrible FF games have been after the Square-Enix merger. <---- HOLY FUCK Thank you
Edit: How did I know that people were gonna defend games like ff9/10 here against masterpieces of human kind like ff6/7/ct loooool it never ends Well that was a well reasoned response. All those debate classes must have really helped you write that. I especially like the "loooool" at the end, since 5 Os instead 1 really get your point across so much better.
You've been here since 2011.
There's been many threads where reasonable arguments were made about people in favor and against certain final fantasies. Search them if you want. I made my arguments already. This is the internet....you've never seen these arguments before?
Good thing I said I took debate classes.
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On November 15 2011 02:02 Ack1027 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 15 2011 01:51 flowSthead wrote:On November 15 2011 01:46 Ack1027 wrote:
Also thank you for pointing out how terrible FF games have been after the Square-Enix merger. <---- HOLY FUCK Thank you
Edit: How did I know that people were gonna defend games like ff9/10 here against masterpieces of human kind like ff6/7/ct loooool it never ends Well that was a well reasoned response. All those debate classes must have really helped you write that. I especially like the "loooool" at the end, since 5 Os instead 1 really get your point across so much better. You've been here since 2011. There's been many threads where reasonable arguments were made about people in favor and against certain final fantasies. Search them if you want. I made my arguments already. This is the internet....you've never seen these arguments before? Good thing I said I took debate classes.
I've heard a lot of different reasons why Final Fantasy games are bad. Usually it has to do with the necessary and boring grinding, the linear plot that seems like it might not be linear but in actuality provides you no choice at all, and the feminine looking male protagonists. Characterization has never been one of the criticisms I have heard against FF games since most people generally admit that character writing in the middle to later FFs (everything after the Japanese FF3) is pretty spectacular even when the plot isn't. So no, I haven't seen the particular arguments the OP made before because I don't think they hold water (again with the exception of FF13 which sucked).
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Just want to say that, above all, I LOVE your writing style and would read anything you write. Hope you see this before it's all buried under discussions about FF.
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haha oh wow this was soooo good :D I feel the same way. Thanks for writing this!
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Great tribute to a great game. I've been playing through it again recently, and it's all just as awesome as it used to be. Still get giddy every time I get to the part where you reach Zeal for the first time.
Also, great description of the terrible mountain with the Time Egg and all that. Such a pain!
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Clearly Aylear, like me, never actually used Lucca for anything. :D
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One of my favorite games ever. Chrono Trigger, along with Earthbound and Secret of Mana bring back so many good memories haha...
I think it is important to remember the target audience for the game and the context in where it is being written. I guess it can be easy to look at this as a 20 something year old and question/write off the absurdities of the story and characters. But, like the OP, I can't take off the rose-tinted nostalgia glasses... and I don't want to. This IS an amazing game to me, and I don't think I will ever change that opinion.
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Thank you for spotlight so I don't miss this!!
Chrono Trigger and FFVII are the greatest JRPGs of all time. Like all the other games that can stand the test of time (e.g. SCBW, Super Metroid, Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros, BG2, etc), a great game does not need dazzling graphics to capture the heart of mass gamers. There are few games that can move the emotion of my grown-up brain and Chrono Trigger is definitely among the top of the list.
Haven't heard At the bottom of the night since 2004, I know the tunes by heart but I still cried a little inside...
Thank you for the blog!! <3
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One of the few (and I really mean FEW) games I actually finished LOL
But best games of all time is still XCOM :-)
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I have to say, I feel exactly the same way about almost all the plots of JRPGs. It makes no sense that people keep writing the same stupid story over and over.
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Enjoyed your read (a lot) more than I enjoyed playing the game for myself (which was not so great).
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I never really enjoyed Chrono Trigger, yet this was an absolutely enjoyable read. I thank you for that.
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CT pretty much broke JRPGs for me. Since playing it, everything else seems so hopelessly mediocre.
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Quality blogging here. CT falls behind ff6 and earthbound in the snes rpg dept IMO but I still loved it.
I absolutely hated chrono cross, but I don't want to rain on this awesome thread with off topic negativity, so Im not going to rant.
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Bringing out my nostalgia glasses just reading through it.
Chrono Trigger is still one of those short list of games that I play through on a regular basis after having done so countless times in the past (along with FF6, and the NES dragon warrior games, primarily, though the SNES was a goldmine for RPGs, so there are quite a few there that I've played at least a dozen times).
Props for the extreme write up.
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Chrono Trigger will probably always be my favorite game of all time.
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