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Chrono Trigger best RPG of all time?.....??? - Page 2

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kefkalives
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Australia1272 Posts
November 22 2012 22:36 GMT
#21
Doh! how stupid of me . i've brainwashed myself into thinking jrpg = squaresoft type rpgs.

Regardless, Earthbound is great ^^, and i'd still propose that infinity engine rpgs (or western rpgs or w/e) are far superior to their japanese alternatives.
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HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
November 22 2012 22:39 GMT
#22
Baldur's gate forever #1 as far as pure hardcore RPGs go imo
fabiano
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Brazil4644 Posts
November 22 2012 22:56 GMT
#23
What a load of bullshit I just read in that OP, holy fucking shit it is so stupid.

User was warned for this post
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GnarlyArbitrage
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
575 Posts
November 22 2012 22:58 GMT
#24
Here I am thinking sex is the best role-playing game possible...
Shinbi
Profile Joined December 2009
338 Posts
November 22 2012 23:15 GMT
#25
Star Ocean 2. Enough said.
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21248 Posts
November 23 2012 00:09 GMT
#26
Op is pretty narrow minded. Seems like you wanted to hate the game and just not picked a bunch of stuff to justify it without stopping to consider context or anything else.
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Zergneedsfood
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States10671 Posts
November 23 2012 00:29 GMT
#27
Op sounds really angry, which is such a turn off. 1/5
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ZoW
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States3983 Posts
November 23 2012 00:34 GMT
#28
op obviously not intellectual enough to appreciate the glorious perfection of chrono trigger
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HowardRoark
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
1146 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-23 00:43:37
November 23 2012 00:39 GMT
#29
what about seventh saga? best game for super nes?
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tonight
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States11130 Posts
November 23 2012 00:49 GMT
#30
SNES has some of the most timeless RPGs ever. Chrono is still one of the best in my opinion along with a lot of other SNES classics. I probably wouldn't call it the best of all time, but it is definitely up there for me.
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Purind
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Canada3562 Posts
November 23 2012 00:49 GMT
#31
I loved CT and I loved how all of the different eras all related to each other nicely, but the greatest jRPG of all time is clearly Dragon Quest 3! (and don't tell me I have my nostalgia goggles on, I played DQ3 for the first time less than 5 years ago)

Also, Toriyama's monster artwork is adorable <3
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Zanno
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1484 Posts
November 23 2012 01:42 GMT
#32
it's up there but it's a bit too silly and lighthearted of a romp to be the best

in terms of storyline this title goes to xenogears which has the most extremely intricate and fleshed out plotline of any game i've ever played ever

there are many contenders for best gameplay i don't even want to get into that debate
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Antylamon
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1981 Posts
November 23 2012 01:53 GMT
#33
On November 23 2012 10:42 Zanno wrote:
it's up there but it's a bit too silly and lighthearted of a romp to be the best

in terms of storyline this title goes to xenogears which has the most extremely intricate and fleshed out plotline of any game i've ever played ever

there are many contenders for best gameplay i don't even want to get into that debate

Earthbound is one of my favorites because it's silly and lighthearted.
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
November 23 2012 02:05 GMT
#34
unless you're using some objective metric, I don't think you can really rank "best".
It's all subjective.

I think it's more fruitful to discuss "good" or "great" RPGs
Newbistic
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
China2912 Posts
November 23 2012 02:33 GMT
#35
I was a Chrono Trigger hater until I played it again a couple years back, it is a very well made game. The graphics stand up to the test of time (especially if you know how amazing the graphics actually looked back when the game first came out), the music is great, the pacing is very smooth.
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Fyodor
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada971 Posts
November 23 2012 05:42 GMT
#36
-ability to combine team mates' spells was really innovative
-games after Chrono were almost all ugly 3d affairs.
-excellent use of music and visuals to convey a story. The written narrative by itself isn't everything.
-the weaving of story time-travelling with gameplay time-travelling was innovative.
-more approachable than FFVI, less pretentious.

Sure FFVI was great but I don't think it makes CT a joke. They together raised the bar for interactive story-telling.
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canucks12
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada812 Posts
November 23 2012 05:45 GMT
#37
First time I played the game was about 2 years ago, and I thought it was amazing. To each his own I suppose.
brachester
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia1786 Posts
November 23 2012 05:51 GMT
#38
On November 23 2012 11:05 thedeadhaji wrote:
unless you're using some objective metric, I don't think you can really rank "best".
It's all subjective.

I think it's more fruitful to discuss "good" or "great" RPGs

When I was hearing people saying "best RPG game ever", I wasn't exactly thinking it is going to be the "best", was just hoping that it came out decent.

On November 23 2012 06:42 Antylamon wrote:
Chrono Trigger is clearly not the best RPG of all time.

...That would be Chrono Cross. :D

Most of your argument is based on how real the game could be. I'm going to refer to the Rule of Fun, the Rule of Cool, and Acceptable Breaks from Reality for this one.

I agree with you that using the word "best" is not a convincing argument, though. When it is, I feel like slapping whoever said it across the face.

uhmm, I'm ok with unrealistic stuff when it come to fiction, magic and stuff. But unrealistic characters, desires and goals does not make you feel related to the characters which is a big factor (for me).

Also some people argue that the gameplay is innovative, remember I didn't play it back in the 1995, the gameplay is hugely outdated if it was innovative back then.

P.S. I may sound angry in my OP because of the caps, but I can say I'm not (who gets angry over a finished game anyway?), I was just hugely dissapointed.
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Arceus
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Vietnam8333 Posts
November 23 2012 06:17 GMT
#39
no one mention Golden Sun Series (the NDS installment sux though) :p maybe the best game ever made for GBA, and music by Motoi Sakuraba is astonishing.
rauk
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States2228 Posts
November 23 2012 06:58 GMT
#40
Not really fair to compare jrpgs and american crpgs, they're essentially different genres. CT i've never been able to finish because i just found it boring. Better snes rpgs in my opinion would be sword of mana, seiken ddensetsu3, and super mario rpg. Ff6 is also fantastic and ages a lot better thana piece of shit like FF7
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