Game Debate #75: Chrono Trigger

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

5 hours ago, OptOut said:

On 11/14/2021 at 12:57 PM, JamesRobot said:

HARD SIMPING.

Traitor. 

[Andy_Bogomil | 815]

I'm not really an RPG guy but this is an easy 10. I haven't even put a ton of time into it but it's such an easy game to appreciate. Zeal was one of my favourite settings in a game ever. 

[Estil | 1,264]

Interesting Marle is never seen in that purple outfit in the cover art.  I thought it was kinda funny/amusing that you can make the girls glow green or red or yellow like they're radioactive!  

[WhyNotZoidberg | 585]

On 11/23/2021 at 11:58 PM, Estil said:

Interesting Marle is never seen in that purple outfit in the cover art.  I thought it was kinda funny/amusing that you can make the girls glow green or red or yellow like they're radioactive!  

Yeah not only that, she doesn't shoot fire. 

[Estil | 1,264]

1 hour ago, WhyNotZoidberg said:

Yeah not only that, she doesn't shoot fire. 

Yeah, the one with the goofy glasses does that  

[ScaryD | 237]

Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy II are my favorite RPG's of all time. At least once a year, minimum, I come back to Chrono Trigger to play through it again. I simply love the game and rate it a 10 out of 10. This thread has inspired me to play it again this month.

[WalterWhiteJr. | 1,162]

@Reed Rothchild will this be the number one ranked game of all the polls you’ve done?

[Estil | 1,264]

4 hours ago, ScaryD said:

Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy II are my favorite RPG's of all time. At least once a year, minimum, I come back to Chrono Trigger to play through it again. I simply love the game and rate it a 10 out of 10. This thread has inspired me to play it again this month.

I tried FF2 on the Final Fantasy Origins disc but I don't like the weird play mechanics of it...which wouldn't be so bad if your inventory space wasn't so cramped   I'm glad starting with FF4(?) there is a "bank" of sorts (if you don't mind a very healthy duck eating them and barfing them back out when needed!  ) so you can try to collect one of as many of the items/weapons/armor/etc as you can which I always thought was the true object of RPGs...if your inventory space allows for it.

[ScaryD | 237]

4 hours ago, Estil said:

I tried FF2 on the Final Fantasy Origins disc but I don't like the weird play mechanics of it...which wouldn't be so bad if your inventory space wasn't so cramped   I'm glad starting with FF4(?) there is a "bank" of sorts (if you don't mind a very healthy duck eating them and barfing them back out when needed!  ) so you can try to collect one of as many of the items/weapons/armor/etc as you can which I always thought was the true object of RPGs...if your inventory space allows for it.

Never liked any of the PS1 remakes of the classic SNES games.

Also, inventory space was never a problem once I adapted to the limited because I sold items early and often.

Edited December 4, 2021 by ScaryD

[The Count | 527]

I've had this game for years and years but haven't played it. After seeing the poll results, I suppose I shall have to give it a go one of these days.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,526]

6 hours ago, Estil said:

I tried FF2 on the Final Fantasy Origins disc but I don't like the weird play mechanics of it...which wouldn't be so bad if your inventory space wasn't so cramped   I'm glad starting with FF4(?) there is a "bank" of sorts (if you don't mind a very healthy duck eating them and barfing them back out when needed!  ) so you can try to collect one of as many of the items/weapons/armor/etc as you can which I always thought was the true object of RPGs...if your inventory space allows for it.

I'm sure he's talking about Final Fantasy IV

[Gloves | 11,777]

Lmao a very healthy duck. 

[Estil | 1,264]

19 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said:

I'm sure he's talking about Final Fantasy IV

Yeah but I like to be a smart ass  

[wongojack | 214]

I voted 7/10

I was simply not tuned into the SNES when it was new.  Sure, we played Street Fighter, but no one I knew played JRPGs.  I didn't truly comprehend the term JRPG until everyone creamed themselves for FF VII.

Anyway Chrono Trigger - the game to convince JRPG skeptics that JRPGs are for them.  I eventually played this game based on its reputation after playing a handful of JRPGs throughout to course of my life.  Actually, my first experience with this genre was with Dragon Warrior on the NES which I quit because I thought it was boring compared to other CRPGs I had played.

Chrono Trigger is above average, but I don't really see the hype.  I have no complaints about the mechanics of the game - it's a turn-based RPG.  That's what it is, and it does that well.  I liked experimenting with the combo abilities - that was fun.  The emphasis on juvenile protagonists really kind of detracts from this entire genre for me as I've played most of these games as an adult.  The additional endings are nice to have, but I only played through once and have no interest in ever doing so again, so I'll never see those.  Overall, I think the reputation is probably warranted, but this is just not my genre.

 

I did really like the Frog character - he was my favorite.