| brute said: 2. Chrono Cross System: PS1 | Release Date: 2000 | Publisher: Square EA 
Admittedly, Chrono Cross had a lot going against it. As a sequel to a fondly remembered SNES RPG created by a dream team of developers spanning multiple companies, Cross' existence alone almost seems like an act of hubris. Even so, this sequel didn't help matters much with its treatment of the source material; soon after starting a new game, you learn that the entire cast of Chrono Trigger was implausibly snuffed out offscreen -- the only way that this scene would have been more perfect is if the words "SCREW YOU" scrolled across the screen, followed by the game deleting the contents of your memory card. This disrespect to Trigger was bad enough, but original scenario writer Masato Kato decided to make the story an impermeable mess this time around instead of a charming and simple tale like the original -- blame this on all of the time Kato spent on the ill-fated Xenogears. |
Then I'm glad that Chrono Cross was such a failure beacuse Xenogears has THE best story ever.
If it isn't turnbased it isn't worth playing 
(mostly)
And shepherds we shall be,
For Thee, my Lord, for Thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee And teeming with souls shall it ever be. In Nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritūs Sancti. -----The Boondock Saints
