EPTThrough the rose-tinted spectacles: Chrono Trigger - Page 8
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Crisium
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ironchef
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 I will say though, when I was a kid I was confused by the decision to make Crono not talk. Today, I appreciate it fully.On the topic of realism: I have a level of "suspension of disbelief" going into any movie/game/experience. The only time plot holes, scientific details and surrealism become an issue to me is when I am aware of them at all. If things are done well, my mind is immersed in their story/character/worlds and not in this one where things have to strictly obey probability, physics and expectations (things like graphics, controls, cliches, political/ratings/cash -grab decisions). As long as the level of immersion and illusion is strong enough to withstand any ridiculousness, I don't notice it at all, much less consider it a negative. If it's a compelling experience at the end of the day, bring on the insane plot twists, time-travel, and little girls that carry heavy objects. | ||
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SpoR
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hkf
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great read whilst I waited for my d3 beta download | ||
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flanksteak
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+ Show Spoiler + Yup, still kicks ass + Show Spoiler + By the way everyone in this thread, lets be friends | ||
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Selth
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Nouar
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On November 14 2011 16:07 Aylear wrote: This used to be so easy, you know? Just play a game and enjoy it for what it is. But then I played Planescape: Torment, which pretty much ruined gaming for me forever. I mean... damn. I'd write about that game, next, if I thought I'd be able to stop. Ohhhhhh, so true.... I can only see new RPGs with a thought about this one and how I miss its ...richness and complexity ? Skyrim is doing fine as far as immersion goes though, for the moment. Chrono Trigger, heard of it, no time to try it, like so many other games...  | ||
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ElmOaid
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Sermokala
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Badfatpanda
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ryerye
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JawHun
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Share_The_Land
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At first I will admit I thought you were taking some points a bit too literally or seriously, for example your rant about the Old Man at the End of Time telling the kids it's getting too rough. Lets face one thing about a lot of these RPGs, sure they are kids, but they aren't exactly NORMAL kids I'd trust Crono's Luminaire over anything the US army can throw at anybody, but that being said I definitely laughed a lot!Even when analysing this game to the Nth degree myself, I still feel exactly as you do. Sure the game has flaws, sure it's got it's ridiculously easy sections(especially on a subsequent playthrough like most RPGs) but it just has this magical aura that almost no other game from that time has for me. The music has a HUGE aspect to do with it, I mean honestly I can't think of a better soundtrack to pretty much ANYTHING that Chrono Trigger. The music incites such grand emotion from me, times when I remember things being simpler and the world being so much less explored, and it really doesn't fade over the test of time when I listen to it or bust out the old cartridge/rom. But it's more than that. The animation, the simplistic yet amazingly philosophical story, the active combat system, the epic boss encounters, the quirky cast of character, the list goes on! I could pretty much talk about Chrono Trigger all day but seeing as you already have I'll spare everyone the pain Many props to you for clearly caring about this game in the same vein as I do and for putting such an awesome effort forth to write up something so epic. As sure as Crono's confuse destroys Lavos Core, I will be finishing reading this the moment I get home. | ||
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fishbowl
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Torenhire
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On November 15 2011 09:13 SpoR wrote: you like time travel and steampunk fantasy sci fi? Ever play secret of evermore? Same kind of story to be honest. Except the main team is just the boy and his shapeshifting dog. That was another game that I was expecting to be major-suck but ended up being FRIGGIN AWESOME. The only problem with Secret of Evermore is the "extra" side questy kinda stuff to build up the towns and such. Also hi5 for FUCKYOUFUCKYOUFUCKYOU on Tidus, I actually enjoyed that Final Fantasy but Tidus really ruined that entire game for me, and left an awful bitter taste in my mouth. Horrible main character, the whiniest little son of a bitch, I wanted to punch his teeth out. ASUTjsaoklgjusatglha so much left over rage from that guy. | ||
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UniversalSnip
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On November 15 2011 07:08 Milkis wrote: Not the person who asked the question, but I'll answer anyway. Chrono Cross expands on the universe (well, "multiverse") created by Chrono Trigger and all the consequences as such. It actually gets decently complicated at some points, and to a certain extent, it gets quite a bit convoluted. I personally enjoyed it and I like the fleshed out world created by Chrono Cross. It's also amazing how much pieces fans have put together -- I remember reading Chrono Compendium, replaying through Chrono Trigger and Cross and enjoying it so much more. But that's just me. Oh, and Chrono Cross has a better OST than Chrono Trigger. I consider Chrono Cross a very weak game but you are absolutely right, it has an even better soundtrack than chrono trigger. | ||
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Aylear
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TeamLiquid, you crushed my Dropbox's (audio host site) 250GB/day cap. I am amazed, and you are completely awesome. Manifesto7, thanks again for spotlighting this; it's been a lot of fun watching it grow and have so many people respond so positively to this. I'll respond to some of you in greater detail later today (if only to thank you for being so appreciative of my write-up -- seriously, you guys are making me smile). Right now I'm busy trying to see if I can find some other host for the music files in the OP. Sorry to everyone who can't play them right now... it's my fault for thinking 250GB/day would be sufficient!  | ||
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