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Majin-Tenshinhan on 14 February 2010

Now don't get me wrong, back when I played Chrono Trigger (6-7 years ago?) I thought it was a pretty fun game. I got pretty far in it, but then stopped, then picked it up a year later, played for a few hours, stopped again, and this continued for a few years. Eventually I stopped picking it up again. With the relatively recent DS release, I decided I might as well play it through from the very beginning again since I've inevitably forgotten large chunks of the story, so I bought the DS game a few weeks ago.

Today, I popped it into my DS and started it up and played for an hour or so, and I have to say, it's more fun than I remember it being. I remembered it being a fun game, but I didn't get why so many people thought it was the best game ever. I still don't think it's like the best game ever or anything like that, but it's a really great game. Clearly one of the jewels of the SNES, which is saying a lot considering how many spectacular games were housed on the 16-bit machine.

I guess what I'm saying is, kudos to Chrono Trigger. 15 years later, and still amazingly fun.



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griffinA on 14 February 2010

Absolutely. Chrono Trigger is one of those few JRPGs that are super original AND have a unique personality. Great music too.



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forest-spirit on 14 February 2010

It's a true timeless classic!



CommonMan on 14 February 2010

I played through the whole game recently for the first time, got to the end and got my ass handed to me by the end boss. I then realized I just didn't care enough to go and level grind or do side quests for weapons. It did not age well.



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RageBot on 14 February 2010

Chrono Trigger is a game that did so many things right and aged extremely well.



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SnesTea on 14 February 2010
CommonMan said:
I played through the whole game recently for the first time, got to the end and got my ass handed to me by the end boss. I then realized I just didn't care enough to go and level grind or do side quests for weapons. It did not age well.

You don't like level grinding?



CommonMan on 14 February 2010
Snesboy said:
CommonMan said:
I played through the whole game recently for the first time, got to the end and got my ass handed to me by the end boss. I then realized I just didn't care enough to go and level grind or do side quests for weapons. It did not age well.

You don't like level grinding?


Interestingly I do like level grinding. I'm actually not very good at the strategy part of RPG's, so I like the idea of being able to just trade time for skill. But for some reason after I got killed by the end boss, I went to go and level grind and had lost all interest.



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theARTIST0017 on 14 February 2010
Majin-Tenshinhan said:

Now don't get me wrong, back when I played Chrono Trigger (6-7 years ago?) I thought it was a pretty fun game. I got pretty far in it, but then stopped, then picked it up a year later, played for a few hours, stopped again, and this continued for a few years. Eventually I stopped picking it up again. With the relatively recent DS release, I decided I might as well play it through from the very beginning again since I've inevitably forgotten large chunks of the story, so I bought the DS game a few weeks ago.

Today, I popped it into my DS and started it up and played for an hour or so, and I have to say, it's more fun than I remember it being. I remembered it being a fun game, but I didn't get why so many people thought it was the best game ever. I still don't think it's like the best game ever or anything like that, but it's a really great game. Clearly one of the jewels of the SNES, which is saying a lot considering how many spectacular games were housed on the 16-bit machine.

I guess what I'm saying is, kudos to Chrono Trigger. 15 years later, and still amazingly fun.

This is why its one of the greatest. That and the story, the characters, the action. Oh man I love this game top ten always.


Square is so stupid, they didn't even take advantage of the series. Cross isn't even a worthy enough sequel.

 



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theARTIST0017 on 14 February 2010
CommonMan said:
Snesboy said:
CommonMan said:
I played through the whole game recently for the first time, got to the end and got my ass handed to me by the end boss. I then realized I just didn't care enough to go and level grind or do side quests for weapons. It did not age well.

You don't like level grinding?


Interestingly I do like level grinding. I'm actually not very good at the strategy part of RPG's, so I like the idea of being able to just trade time for skill. But for some reason after I got killed by the end boss, I went to go and level grind and had lost all interest.

I like level grinding too, but the difference between grinding in this game, compared to a game like Final Fantasy, is the battles aren't randomized. You can predict where and what enemies will attack you sort off. But there was always that sun boss I couldn't beat the second time around.



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dampowell on 14 February 2010

I wish they would relese it on VC



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