Game Debate #75: Chrono Trigger

[Reed Rothchild | 9,521]

[Gloves | 11,776]

Easily one of the best games of all time. 

[Jeevan | 8,910]

I prefer ff3

[doner24 | 1,195]

Not my favorite SNES RPG, but definitely  still a 10/10. 

[Gloves | 11,776]

5 minutes ago, Jeevan said:

I prefer ff3

I feel that they fill different gaps in my heart. 

[RH | 4,903]

Possibly the best 2D RPG there is. Almost as good as FF5.

[Nintegageo | 582]

10. It's the 2nd best RPG the SNES has.

[MagusSmurf | 577]

Fantastic graphics and music, fun characters and a neat story with a good central idea, probably the best quality of life among JRPGs its generation or the next one, battle system is mostly standard ATB but with a few neat twists and it moves fast, and has probably the beat overall pacing in the genre.

Over the decades of JRPGs there’s been way more intricate character building systems, more strategic battle systems, more complex plots, more extensive character interactions with deeper arcs, and so on; but essentially nothing that matches its pacing with the degree of competence and polish on display here.

[Brickman | 3,983]

10.

I don’t even need to give a reason why. 

[WhyNotZoidberg | 585]

10. 

[ifightdragons | 234]

Like others have pointed out, I've hardly seen a jRPG with better pacing.

In many ways, it felt like the first big jRPG title with a modern sensibility. It wanted you to enjoy the game, and not bog you down with needless grinding or overly confusing systems. There's also a good story, coupled with an excellent audiovisual presentation.

There are some niggles here and there, many of which are ironed out by stuff like the Bugfix and Uncensoring patch on romhacking.net. Overall, it's pretty much a must play for anyone into either classic gaming or RPGs in general.

[Jeevan | 8,910]

2 hours ago, Gloves said:

I feel that they fill different gaps in my heart. 

true.  I spent way more ti.e with ff3 tho. as the rental store had more copies!

[darkchylde28 | 1,546]

Are we weighing these against SNES/console games of the era or just all games in general?  My personal rating shifts depending on how broad a canvas we’re holding it up against.

[DoctorEncore | 3,691]

If the game was just the title screen with the full soundtrack looping, it would still be a 9/10. When you add in the actual gameplay, it's an easy 11/10.

[Estil | 1,264]

Marle and Lucca are a couple of best cute chicks ever in JRPGs (especially when Marle does that leaping "Yes!" thing) and this is among the best character themes ever:

PS: Didn't Frog or one of the others at some point in the game remark how Chrono is such a ladies man or something?  

[Estil | 1,264]

3 hours ago, Jeevan said:

I prefer ff3

Even though it didn't make it out of the US until the DS came out?  

[Estil | 1,264]

3 hours ago, RH said:

Possibly the best 2D RPG there is. Almost as good as FF5.

I know, Krile (in sprite form; later mugshot form...not so much...) is just adorable!  She was rocking the Jojo Siwa hair before Jojo was even born (even the PS1 remake came out before she was born)!  

[MagusSmurf | 577]

46 minutes ago, darkchylde28 said:

Are we weighing these against SNES/console games of the era or just all games in general?  My personal rating shifts depending on how broad a canvas we’re holding it up against.

“Personal preferences, NOT historical significance” strongly suggests the latter to me.

[Jeevan | 8,910]

53 minutes ago, Estil said:

Even though it didn't make it out of the US until the DS came out?  

it is ff3 on the snes.  3rd one released in the u.s.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,521]

1 hour ago, darkchylde28 said:

Are we weighing these against SNES/console games of the era or just all games in general?  My personal rating shifts depending on how broad a canvas we’re holding it up against.

I guess pretend you have a list of every game you've ever played, ranked by how much you like them.  If this is near the top it's a 10.  If it's around the middle it's a 5 or so.

[Estil | 1,264]

15 minutes ago, Jeevan said:

it is ff3 on the snes.  3rd one released in the u.s.

So you really mean FF6.  I always call them by their real names.  On that note, why didn't they name the US of FF4 as "Super Final Fantasy"?  That would've avoided the confusing numbering that's for sure...

[Jeevan | 8,910]

5 minutes ago, Estil said:

So you really mean FF6.  I always call them by their real names.  On that note, why didn't they name the US of FF4 as "Super Final Fantasy"?  That would've avoided the confusing numbering that's for sure...

I mean ff3.  

https://www.pricecharting.com/game/super-nintendo/final-fantasy-iii

[Brickman | 3,983]

30 minutes ago, Jeevan said:

it is ff3 on the snes.  3rd one released in the u.s.

I always get so confused seeing FF3 because it wasn't released here on the SNES. I thought you were talking about the real FF3 for a second then realised you meant 6 haha. 

I can never decide which I like more FF6 (3) or Chrono Trigger but I rate them both a 10  

[DefaultGen | 5,401]

10, even my cold, hard, random battle JRPG hating heart loves it. Oh wait CT doesn't have random battles because it doesn't use dumpster fire game design to lengthen how long it takes to explore places you've already been or walk back and forth grinding up numbers.

[RH | 4,903]

Well, this is turning out to be one of the highest rated games.

@pegyou joining the love-fest, or do you have the much needed bucket of cool mountain water to throw onnthis fire?