No, E.T. just gets blamed for the Video game fall which was caused by idiotic companies who didn't stop producing constantly and mismanaging their money.

Everyone just blames E.T. because it was the "latest" in popular video games coming out at the time but the fact remains had E.T. even been successful than the fall would have still happened.

E.T. never claimed to be the best game ever. Chrono Cross's designers SPECIFICALLY said it would be the best game ever and I found it laughable with such a poor quality story with one-dimensional characters and plot riddled with so many holes and inconsistencies even in its most basic of storyline settings that I find the entire ascertian laughable.

For those who don't know:

The worst game ever, Chrono Cross, is still being sold because it never sold that many copies.

http://store.na.square-enix.com/store/sqenixus/en_US/pd/productID.123845700

I've explained in detail why this game is the worst game ever created. Try actually reading the material on the front page instead of posting your opinion like you're always right about everything, at least when I do it, I have the facts.

Metacritic

I think the game could have been a lot better if it was on it's
own, but no, It had to be related to ct

For me, it is one of the best games of all time. Can't forget soundtrack and places.

I played CC "religiously" until it went to the old ... let's switch your character gambit.

Then I put it away and I have not picked it up since.

Mike from Morgantown

lol @ the game still available for sale on SE's website!

The music was good but just like someone before me mentioned, I played it, beat it and I don't even know what the hell happened in that game's plot that I just forgot about it!

Give it up buddy.  Many companies have claimed their game is the 'best game ever'.  From Nintendo with Twilight Princess to Rockstar with GTA IV to Bungie with Halo 3 and most recently with SquareEnix and Final Fantasy XIII.  Its just a PR stunt to hype a game.  And guess what.  Many review sites AND fans still gave it high marks.  Not that I trust review sites, but when a company can boast like that AND no one calls them on it, then you know they probably made a product that was pretty popular with 'core' gamers.

Did it sell 5 million copies?  No.  Has any JRPG outside of Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest?  No.  So sales = good game?  No.  End of story.

Worst then Tales of Symphonia?!!!! No way :O

I still need to play the game (there is like 1 mile of dust on it :x)

This is applicable to most of my favorite games (primarily RPGs).

Oh, and I'll be the first to admit that Crono Cross' plot is convoluted (although it was very intentional), but I can appreciate it for its scope, multiple characters/endings, and it's faithfulness to, at least, the "spirit" of Chrono Trigger.