short answer: yes long answer: yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

@enderuzhumaki

3 жыл бұрын

Stop Arguing 80th like

There´s one bad thing about Chrono Trigger: when it´s the first JRPG you´ve ever played, it becomes the last one you really enjoyed!

@carloshidalgo8943

3 жыл бұрын

i played chrono trigger before any final fantasy game and what yes, non of them can beat chrono trigger

@rexcuso6527

3 жыл бұрын

I had never thought about it but after Chrono Trigger I could not feel the same emotion with other RPGs as I did before playing it, now I am more of the Action RPG

@alanlee67

3 жыл бұрын

Lupenpropaganda it's great. It was amazing in 1995 because everyone was up in arms over y2k. However, it's a little easy and lacks depth. There's no point to micromanage stats or loadouts. Even a game like ff8, which is very divisive, is extremely deep. So chrono trigger is amazing but it's not perfect. But if the game was extremely deep and difficult, then not as many people would love it.

@joelbatolucas

3 жыл бұрын

Ugh we're cursed 😂

@superlotrfan2721

3 жыл бұрын

Same. I tried playing ff6 after CT and it never really... picked up for me? Idk, but this game more than makes up for that.

Sea of Stars also has Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger’s composer) as its composer. Chrono Trigger is my favorite RPG and one of my top 5 favorite games of all time.

@Provokedcarp

3 жыл бұрын

Considering how good their previous game, The Messenger, turned out to be, I can't wait for Sea of Stars.

@spacepillow

3 жыл бұрын

But what are your other top 4?

Short answer: yes, and better than most games from last year.

@pla6ue

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Better than most games ANY year.

@metalslugger1800

2 жыл бұрын

@@pla6ue I mean now yes but seems more like a rose tinted glasses type of thing it's still a good game though this isn't legendary in terms of today's standards for jrpgs I do have to admit there hasn't been really anything that could releasing but I still think it's good to hold something into a high standard when it's being compared to newer things

I played Chrono Trigger for the first time in 2018, the game is super impressive, the story is very well written and the music is just sooo good, it's still a great game.

@somerandofromoregon

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. For the time it was phenomenal because no game in the early and mid 90s had a narrative and expressive story. Games weren't quite doing that yet. Games like Final Fantasy VI, EarthBound, Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Final Fantasy IV were already CLOSE doing that, but Chrono Trigger took full advantage of that and started making it a little common. Later that year and a little later, games like Yoshi's Island and Super Mario RPG started doing that while the 16 bit era/4th Generation of gaming was coming to a close. It wasn't officially common for games to have actual storytelling until the 6th generation. When games like Resident Evil, Final Fantasy VII, etc launched. Narrative and well constructed storytelling games have really evolved and become common since the mid 90s.

@indigofenix00

3 жыл бұрын

​@@somerandofromoregon I'd say that Final Fantasy VI was already on Chrono Trigger's level in terms of story, but CT's sprite expressiveness, artwork, and vastly superior combat system really takes the whole experience to the next level.

@somerandofromoregon

3 жыл бұрын

@@indigofenix00 I mean it's easy to think that because FF6 came out first.

Played the DS version recently as my first playthrough of the game. While I'm not quite so entirely enamored with the game as some, I'd say it feels incredibly modern for its time. It feels a lot like if a major JRPG producer of today made a Sonic Mania style, incredibly high quality celebration of their roots.

@hollowgab6531

2 жыл бұрын

Have you finished playing?

One of my favorite parts of this game was the battles, they were not random and carefully planned, each boss felt like a puzzle, different from the pieces of meat that we see in others rpg where you just keep hitting and being hit until someone falls

I recently decided to play Chrono Trigger over quarentine, and for a first time playthrough I can finely say holy nut buckets wow this game was fantastic.

@Viper4ever05

3 жыл бұрын

The game just doesn't age.

@somerandofromoregon

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! I still need to get that game. I don't own it, but I think I played it at a friend's house a long time ago. If that's the case, I probably don't remember much. 😂😌

@SirMalorak

3 жыл бұрын

Same, and agreed. I am still baffled at how many amazing JRPGs the SNES received.

@somerandofromoregon

3 жыл бұрын

@@SirMalorak Indeed!

@buggybaguette5916

3 жыл бұрын

Did the same thing and i was constantly amazed and surprise by how good is a game

One thing that was especially cool was that, in addition to the sheer number of Dual Techs (seriously, every pair of characters had THREE unique combination techniques) (except poor loner Magus), there were also TRIPLE Techs that you could unlock by playing as any trio of party members for long enough (provided Crono was one of the members and Magus was not, although some trios without Crono could also learn one). These were some of the coolest effects in the game, basically a mini-cutscene showing your favorite team of characters working together in a unique way. For example, Marle might charge Crono's sword with ice magic as he jump-slashes an enemy, and then Frog shatters them with his broadsword. And there were SO MANY of these. The graphical fidelity and expressiveness of the sprites really helped to sell the effect. Even today, it's rare for a game to put in this much effort. There was also an amazing amount of lore and emotional scenes, and just enough left unsaid to keep players guessing at the untold histories of some of the characters. Truly one of the best games ever made.

So, Chrono Trigger, how many endings you want to have? Chrono Trigger: *yes*

@BinaryDood

3 жыл бұрын

see Star Ocean 2

“Does Chrono Trigger hold up today?” Anyone who has played the game would not ask that, because the answer is that obvious.

@d4c_reznor470

3 жыл бұрын

Well then I must be the odd one out because for me it does not hold up completely. A little bit but not completely

@seanmitchell1832

3 жыл бұрын

ꞰOOQƎƆⱯɟ I agree I wanted to love it but in the end I think it’s just ok and I love classic rpgs

@matteste

3 жыл бұрын

Then I must be that sore thumb cause I never understood the praise the game got despite trying to get into it multiple times. And this from someone who loves JRPG's and can sit through the old SMT titles with little issue.

@shadedepeche2556

3 жыл бұрын

matteste Yeah, you kind of are. Not every JRPG needs to be like Persona. Sometimes, all someone needs is something simple, and Chrono Trigger fills that need to near perfection as an RPG.

@matteste

3 жыл бұрын

@@shadedepeche2556 Who said I liked Persona? I meant that I can sit through both simple, complex or clunky JRPG's with little issue. Yet Chrono Trigger is something that I have never understood the praise of.

A lot of the great elements of Crono Trigger were already present in one way or another in Final Fantasy 6, from amazing presentation (Final Fantasy 6 still have my favorite soundtrack overall for a Squere-Enix RPG) that was like nothing else at the time of its release, to great writing of story and characters, and a world that was open to exploration, it didn't have multiple ending though. Crono Trigger really feels like it iterated on what made FF6 such a great game, and pushed it even farther. So I wouldn't call it a lightning in a bottle as if it was some kind of a fluke or a suprise, I would call Crono Trigger a magnus opus the greatest among great work, by artists who knew exactly what they were doing and achieved greatness by perfecting their art.

@greenfroggsbg7570

3 жыл бұрын

FF6 is my absolute favorite game...

@sambarris9843

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. CT and FFVI are my favorite and second favorite JRPG, respectively. I mostly stopped playing them after the 16-bit era. My only beef with FFVI, which keeps me from loading it up and giving it another go today, is that it was awfully padded. CT was like a distillation of everything that was great about FFVI into a fine liquor, without any unnecessary additives.

@genevievemccluer7503

3 жыл бұрын

Not just FF6. So much of what makes Chrono Trigger interesting, largely its timespanning story and very particular charm, is soooo similar to Live a Live which Square had just made a few years prior.

@Bronquignol1

3 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine and I had a mirror situation about this two games. When I was 12, I discovered by chance Chrono Trigger and it realy marked me. Around the same age, my friend discovered FF VI. We met years after (we were around 19) and, by talking about our videogames experiences, we realized that Chrono Trigger had the same impact on me Than FF VI had on him. We both had played the other game since, and, even if we both keep the first experienced as our favorite (probably because of nostalgia), we agreed that both games are really alike (and among the best games we played).

My first thought “Oh my god he never played chrono trigger?!?!??” *thinks for a second* “Ohh yeah I haven’t either"

@Pedro_eqw

3 жыл бұрын

What's the difference between the DS and SNES version?

@DinnerForkTongue

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pedro_eqw Mostly they shoehorned in a ton of inconsistencies to make Chrono Cross seem more plausible as a sequel.

but the real question is does zelda 2 still hold up today?

@FelixS.

3 жыл бұрын

It does.

@Chadius

3 жыл бұрын

Holds up even more because of how unique it is.

@Adityayadav-ul3qi

3 жыл бұрын

It still better than any flash game

@skydiamsteam6005

3 жыл бұрын

Meh

@Thekidspot

3 жыл бұрын

No

Short answer: Y E S This game is timeless... As simple as that.

@Casanuda

3 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there.

I'm one of those that would love to explore the "what if" of rescuing Schala.

The thing I loved about chrono trigger the most was something that ProJared also mentioned, it respects your time. Just about every other rpg requires you to grind at some capacity to artificially lengthen the game *stares menacingly at secret of mana*. Yet in chrono trigger, I never felt an urgency to grind, I just went by killing every mob I saw along the way and I always felt ready for whatever challenges the game threw at me. I also wouldn't change a thing about it personally because chrono trigger is just one of those games that feels near perfect

@razorninja56

3 жыл бұрын

@Lavos Oh yes, leveling Paula when you first acquire her was a pain in the ass. Doesnt help either that she's so fragile in the early game. At least with Jeff and Poo, they get their own seperate areas to level in.

My favorite reason this game is so well regarded is the play length. This game is twelve to fifteen hours, start to finish. There's a few optional things to do too, but the game is short for an RPG. This is what Square has forgotten. RPGs can be short and impactful and if the rest of the package is there, the game can be legendary. Final Fantasy 7 Rebake But Only Part 1 But It Doesn't Say That On The Box wastes so much time doing nothing until the game is padded to 25-30 hours but nothing happens.

Chrono Trigger is my favorite game of all-time. I replayed it earlier this year and the short answer is: yes. Absolutely yes. This is a masterpiece everyone should play, even if you don't like JRPGs.

@DoubleDog

3 жыл бұрын

@Lavos Thanks Lavos. And thanks for not destroying the world in this timeline. I actually got to enjoy 1999.

@Bronquignol1

3 жыл бұрын

@Lavos I find it really surprising because I think Chrono Trigger is really representative of what a JRPG is. I wouldn't have recommended it to a friend if I knew he doesn't like JRPG, despite the fact that Chrono Trigger is one of my favorite game (even MY favorite game probably). Do you know what make you love Chrono Trigger despite your aversion for this kind of game ? I mean, this game is rather long and I can't imagine someone loving a game as long as chrono trigger when the gameplay put him/her off.

@Bronquignol1

3 жыл бұрын

@Lavos Thank you for your answer. you helped me to understand what I love so much in this game and this will also help me to refine my game recommendation to my friends (and I love to recommend Chrono Trigger).

@Ghost-ul8eu

3 жыл бұрын

I played through it the first time recently(Well I played it before but didn't finish it)and I can safely say this is now one of my new favorite RPGs of all time.I was worried after playing so many other RPGs that this game wouldn't live it to the hype or would have aged poorly,but I was wrong this game is one of the best paced JRPGs I have ever played.

@grass324

3 жыл бұрын

How long did you complete the entire game it seems very long to me 😢

I'm getting shivers just hearing the music still, Chrono Trigger is one of the best games ever made, and without a doubt it still holds up, it even surpasses every new game out there. I'm pretty certain I'll never feel the same way again playing a game. Can't trigger those emotions when you're 40 :/

Definitely one of my favorite games of all time

Other equally obvious "yes" questions: is air good? Are tacos delicious? Should I recruit Magus instead of slaying him? Emphatically yes. Thanks for a great review of a great game I never get tired of replaying.

One thing I liked was how it was a gradual journey to understand what was happening and how they could save the world. A lesser game would have had the villain outright reveal himself at the beginning, with us traveling through time to stop him. But in Chrono Trigger, even after you see the Day of Lavos recording, you don't really know what Lavos is, or where it came from. Instead, we gradually build our understanding of both the past and future as we journey through time, with Zeal in particular being a big surprise. So the time travel is more than just a gimmick or mechanic in the game: it's at the heart of the journey.

I love how Chrono Trigger gave the player more control on what you want to fight and when. You're not interrupted every 10 seconds by a trivial random encounter, but can explore or enjoy the scenery at your leisure instead.

@snomangaming

3 жыл бұрын

Always loved that method over random encounters as well!

@skyblazeeterno

3 жыл бұрын

Not really especially in the future sequence going from lab to lab...those volcano things

One of my favourute facts about this game is that they kill the protagonist and even if you normally would revive him with a side quest, they are bold enough to allow you to finish game withou him (if your're souless person, of course)

@thedeegeesaga

3 жыл бұрын

I almost did that back when I wasn't sure how to get him back! I was so mad because I was kinda strong enough to do it, but I didn't want to!

My favorite things about Chrono Trigger are the pacing and the seamless transition between battles.

Not only does the game hold up regarding its gameplay mechanics and beautiful art direction, but also by having an undisputable masterpiece of a soundtrack made by Yasunori Mitsuda. Each track you picked for your video, specially To Far Away Times, likely pulls emotional strings in whomever experienced it decades ago. Thanks for your video, brought back great memories

I think I've played Chrono Trigger all the way through twice, but I never went back to try to find all the different endings and secrets, so it seems like I've missed quite a lot of the details! Instead, I was obsessed with Final Fantasy 6 at the time, which also had a ton of re-playability and hidden stuff to find, and I must have played that one at least 6 or 7 times. I read all the GameFAQs and knew the game inside and out. I'm sure I could have had just as much fun with Chrono Trigger. Edit: Oh, and that new game you mentioned look really cool!

@BenDover-xw7dv

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, hey, didn't expect to see you of all people in the comments. Big fan of the EBF series, you did real well with those

@guitaraobscura8802

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly always preferred FF6 over Chrono trigger

Chrono Cross isn't a "pseudo-sequel", it's a full-on sequel. It's just that you can't have a traditional sequel in the Chrono series. After all, you would have to follow a single ending and deem it "canon". That would suck. So Chrono Cross chose all endings to be canon.

@sambarris9843

3 жыл бұрын

@@archagenteverlasting1239 Definitely too many party members. One of the reasons CT holds up so well today (IMHO) is that there isn't a single character you don't love, not a single arc you don't want to see through to its end. CC has so many it just feels cluttered.

@MorteTheSkull

3 жыл бұрын

I mean okay but Chrono Trigger *does* have a canon ending that Chrono Cross follows...

@lucialudens2614

3 жыл бұрын

@@sambarris9843 There is a thematic reason why there are so many characters. And the story of Cross doesn't need character arcs that much. In the end, is just another way of telling a story.

@Omnibus4Everyone

3 жыл бұрын

@@MorteTheSkull This. Chrono Cross does follow one specific ending.

@lucialudens2614

3 жыл бұрын

@@Omnibus4Everyone The story validate the other endings too.

Fantastic video, you had me at content about my golden age of gaming. I don't know if you've done Super Mario RPG but that game has a special place in my heart.

I've just played recently and I think it's just as impressive now, so many of the mechanics it did 25 years ago still feel very modern and not many games does it, such as the party all leveling up together BUT only the ones that are with you will learn how to mix their attacks together kinda working as an affinity system more or less, no side quest is just a fetch quest but also serves to expand the characters back stories, that's just beautiful, and the idea that they are aware of the final boss from the very start and it's up to YOU whenever you want to tackle it, and thats just a few things...not mentioning the music, plot and art direction, this game truly deserves to be known as one of the best out there.

@snomangaming

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah being able to fight Lavos early made me think "wow this is Breath of the Wild WAY before Breath of the Wild"

@Emuraman

3 жыл бұрын

@@snomangaming Hah same!

I funded the kickstarter for sea of stars and I'm even more excited for it now, I definitely need to play chrono trigger before it releases!

@nerdzone

3 жыл бұрын

Yo, man, you need to do that!

I still listen to the music sometimes.

I played it last about two years ago. The original SNES version, but courtesy of the Wii Virtual Console (sadly, my old SNES is no longer with us). Does it hold up? Absolutely. The 16-bit era was a glorious time--maybe the best time--for JRPGs, and Chrono Trigger is easily my favorite of them. Like other 16-bit gems like Link to the Past and Super Metroid, it's aged so beautifully I don't think there will ever be any need for a remake. Nothing extra, nothing wasted. Just a sublime experience from start to finish.

This game, is easily my favorite game of all time. Does it need improvement? NAH! It's perfect! The combat makes use of space wonderfully, and enemies are more than just attack and use magic b/c some need strategy behind them. The soundtrack is my favorite OST of all time, and need I say more about all the wonderful covers that spans this game? I'm glad you finally got a taste of one the SNES' greatest games of all time. Next time, maybe check out the original Super Smash Bros., Kirby on NES or Metroid?

@kujamajo9987

3 жыл бұрын

Did you play Mother 3 btw?

I've played chrono trigger more than 10 times (not including multiple endings) and i still think it's awesome in 2020

The trial blindsided me too. I also picked up the necklace first. Why? Because if someone falls over, I would pick up what they dropped first, because normal people would be embarrassed to need help to stand up. I legit thought I was being helpful, only to be accused.

Love this Idea! Keep it up Sno-Dude

@snomangaming

3 жыл бұрын

More to come!

I saw Super Mario RPG in the intro, so that would be cool for a Legacy Replay, it's criminally underplayed. But Chrono Trigger blew my mind when I was a kid, and as an adult, it still blew my mind when I saw the things I missed. Also, the ost is fucking fire.

Frog's Theme is still one of my favorite songs in video game history. I get chills just thinking about it. Illusion of Gaia is also a game that has amazing art design and story that I hold near and dear to my heart.

I loved Chrono Trigger as a kid and I would love to replay it today for all the different endings. It is truly special and the only thing it lacks is a proper sequel. Hell, even a spin off telling the adventures of everyone's favorite frog knight would sufice.

This is great! Thank you for making it! I’m glad you enjoyed Chrono Trigger. 😊

I think this game is the best game of all time. I played it in my childhood, and I never got past the Cathedral. I eventually gave up on it, but when i popped in the cartridge 5 or 6 years later, it felt great to be back in the adventure. The fact that it doesn't hold your hand the whole way really made me feel a sense of freedom, or the fact that I can do it at my own pace. My favorite game of all time, alongside Breath of the Wild.

Although I'm a '90s kid, I missed Chrono Trigger when it first came out, and didn't play it until a buddy loaned it to me in college in the late '00s. It instantly became one of my favorite games ever. There's so much to love about it: the characters and their respective arcs/sidequests, the soundtrack and its use of recurring riffs (I'm thinking in particular of certain characters whose connection to each other isn't immediately obvious, but their themes hint at the existence of said connection), and the sheer optimism of the plot. I enjoy the globetrotting adventure feel, with each chapter having its own villain, with a larger, overarching villain looming behind everything.

Chrono Trigger still 100% holds up. Also, I backed Sea of Stars on Kickstarter and got access to a demo that allows you to play about 30-60 minutes of the game. Feels like a cross between Super Mario RPG/Paper Mario and Chrono Trigger. A lot of fun and the combat has a lot of layers that makes it more challenging than I thought. Has every ingredient to be a great game.

Thanks for the great recommendation about sea of stars! Added to my steam wishlist. Looking forward to it!!

Awesome second episode. Thank you! Your channel continues to rock.

you know what I live in India and Nintendo wholesale market of 4.1 % here but still I have played some very awesome games like legend of Zelda ocarina of time super Mario 64 and several other masterclasses like crono triggers without any consoles through emulators. as a teenager I am very driven by the story of these games.

Upon watching Chuggaaconroy's LP of this game and then playing it myself, I can say without a doubt that this is one of the most timeless JRPGs of old and one of my top favorites in the genre alongside Xenoblade Chronicles, Ys VIII, Dragon Quest XI, and The World Ends With You. It's kinda crazy that a game as old as Chrono Trigger still holds up incredibly well, especially considering that I never actually grew up with the game myself.

Hey Snoman HUGE fan, I love learning about what makes video games good or bad because of you, and now I've started subconsciously thinking critically about video games when I play them. For future games to cover, I know(imho), that Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Tetris NES, and Mario Galaxy all hold help well, and SSBB might be interesting because it's honestly a mix of amazing and terrible ideas for the devs. Tetris NES would be cool as well because it holds up SO well and has a huge legacy(I, a 15 year old, am playing it competitively 35 years after it's release), and it could be interesting to see how simplicity can make games more memorable.

@snomangaming

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions, glad you enjoy :)

As a kid this was the first RPG I had played that let me name the characters. When I put my name for Crono it immediately made me feel like I was the one going on this adventure and it felt so special.

Truly happy that you enjoyed the game. It is a game I constantly revisit. I appreciate hearing other peeps experience with the game. So many different points of view and shared stories when it comes to this particular game. Love it!

It was so much time since I last played this game that seeing these characters actually made me cry a bit of emotion. This games holds, yes.

I played chrono trigger fairly recently too(about like 3 years ago), it was absolutely entrancing, with an amazing soundtrack, enchanting story, fun characters, breathtaking artstyle, and clever references/optional choices/secrets and the sheer variety of everything from abilities to team combinations to item and to endings

Oh man. I still have strong nostalgia for this game. I played CT at a time just after an international move, having to say goodbye to all my friends and things I knew well and move back to America was very hard for me to do. (Not that I had much of a choice) So playing through CT and saving the world only to have to say goodbye forever to most of the friends you found along the way was very bittersweet. It's a strong feeling that wells up inside of me each and every time I think about it or hear the music from the game. Never before or since has a video game, anime, or TV show touched me so profoundly with its simple story and characters. I honestly think this game changed my life, even if it was only in a small way. I certainly would like another game or a good remake of Chrono Trigger, but I have serious doubts that the present Square-Enix could even do it right. *(although I did enjoy Trials of Mana 2019, but I absolutely hated FF7R)

2:19 What a legendary team!

To this day I can't prevent myself from getting emotional when I hear "To far away times". I just can't.

100% needs a Switch port. This game is a gem and deserves more people to play it

@somerandofromoregon

3 жыл бұрын

Not just a gem. A masterpiece. A true cornerstone of JRPGs and video games.

@tigertim620

3 жыл бұрын

Chrono Trigger for SNES Online!✊

Whats a great video! Congrats, bro.

I'd love for a video on Dark Cloud! I've never played it but have definitely thought about it!

I still haven't gotten to Chrono Trigger, despite having heard so much about it. I never got too into JRPGs, but the one that captured my imagination was Golden Sun. The two gameboy advance games were one of my favorites back when I played them, and to this day I still think about them from time to time.

@BinaryDood

3 жыл бұрын

Golden Sun 2 was my favorite world to explore in a game. And I probably spent 30 hours in the coliseum alone.

Just played this game about a month ago. I beat the game, and immediately started up new game +. This game is absolutely incredible, and it’s a shame it hasn’t gotten the love from Square that it 100% deserves. Maybe it’s for the best that we got such a special game.

@superlotrfan2721

3 жыл бұрын

Edit: I’m such a lobotomite. Meant to say maybe it’s for the best we leave this special game alone for what it is.

The only thing I would change is being able to play it again for the very first time.

Dammit, "To Far Away Times" STILL makes me tear up, every single time I hear it. Best Video Game Soundtrack of all time, you're never changing my mind. Simply phenomenal. And the game as a whole is also unparalleled, especially the DS version with its "thank god it's not a rush job from Ted Woolsey" re-localization.

This is an INCREDIBLE series idea! It's wonderful to see that you had such a great time with Chrono Trigger, honestly it's a game that ought to be in game design TEXTBOOKS for the sheer level of polish the game delivered oh so many years ago. I've picked up and played every iteration and remake the game has received and I learn more of the little quirks that make the experience wonderful each and every time. But to say that you've only experienced JRPGs from the FF and Mario Monogatari series opens worlds of opportunities! A look at the "Tales of" Studios with remakes of the likes of Tales of Symphonia, an iconic title of the Gamecube would be incredible. The "Tales of" games span over 15 games with a tremendous legacy of game design grounded in a comprehensive blend of RPG character design and precise technique combos in fluid combat scenarios. If you've never played them before, it's something well worth experiencing first hand. Alternatively if you're looking for another exploration of turn based tactical grid games Nippon Ichi Software's Disgaea series has been going strong for 17 years (plus a few extra if you include La Pucelle Tactics and Rhapsody!) Unlike the Advanced Wars, Starcrafts/Warcrafts, and Civilization games defined by armies of generic soldiers to hurl at problems, NIS games inject enormous amounts of charm into each of their characters and let their personal struggles guide narratives to the wackiest extremes imaginable. But perhaps it's worth pausing to consider that while a retrospective on games with a huge legacy makes for interesting content, I hope that you keep your perspectives open to things not as mainstream as well. Chrono Trigger is legitimate candidate for best JRPG ever made and for a huge number of people it ranks as one of their favorite games of all time (it ranks at #3 for me). But for every Ocarina of Time that gets a thousand accolades, there's an Alundra that goes unmentioned despite being a masterpiece in its own right. For every Seiken Densetsu remake there's a Secret of Evermore that set the foundations for Golden Sun long before the games were conceived. For every Final Fantasy 7 there's a Grandia that pioneered the clumsy voice acting dubbing that would become iconic of the late 90s and early 2000s of video games and anime. I hope that this series of yours branches out far and covers not only the games people herald as legendary, but also the ones that SHOULD be considered legends in their own right. Can't wait to see what comes from this series, keep your options broad and keep the discussions going about games of all kinds to inspire gamers new and old to experience new things!

Of course this game still hold its easily one of best jrpgs and one of best game’s ever

@somerandofromoregon

3 жыл бұрын

For sure!

Wow I didn't know about the execution rescue scene.

Something I love about Chrono Trigger that you didn't really touch on is its soundtrack. It's my favorite video game OST of all time and thought it deserved a mention.

The new series logo is waaay better dude! I'm actually surprised how much of it you were able to keep while improving it so much. It might be a little vanilla now but simple >>> bad so great job man.

@snomangaming

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks yeah I am MUCH happier with the new look :)

Great video and even greater video game! For me what I love most about it is it's flawless execution in making the perfect soundtrack, detailed graphics, interesting combat, and a really unique story! The only thing I would change about it is to convince Square Enix that Chrono Trigger is as loved as Final Fantasy VII. For a SNES game there is nothing that it could possibly do in my mind that could further improve the experience and that is why it still remains as my favorite video game of all time!

CT was one of the games that made me fell in love with RPGs, I really liked the details put into everything, the characters and the world.

Chrono Trigger was my first RPG and is still my favorite game of all time today! I recenetly replayed the game again and was impressed how well it holds up to how I saw the game back in the day and even noticed a few things that I hadn't noticed before.

Heard the first notes of a Starship Amazing song and I had to give this video a like

This game was forged in an era where your creations have to withstand the test of time. To this day no game has blown me away like Chrono Trigger has.

Words cannot do justice for how outstanding the soundtrack of this game is.

Fun fact, you can also get the Dream Team Ending if you defeat Lavos the first time you battle him in the ocean palace.. (not easy because his "Destruction rain from heaven" is buffed, and you need to be tabbed up to survive the initial volley (I think even then I needed Prism Dresses, and safe helms to barely survive) , which is probably why not many people know about that)... You also have one opportunity to fight Lavos solo (After Marle leaves the party during the teleporter demonstration but instead of the left teleporter, Chrono goes in the right teleporter) (i forgot if Lucca stops you from using the right teleporter after Marle disappears) ... You can also ROM hack/gameshark to change Chrono into Magus and so that he fight Lavos solo to recreate the DS remake's secret ending...

I loved this thorough recap. Very nostalgic. I played this game over and over again for years when I was a kid. I knew every little secret!

Chrono Trigger is absolutely one of the best games of all time. It requires basically zero grinding unless you REALLY want to. The story is so full for being so short. I personally believe that a smaller crew of playable characters is better than hundreds because it makes them all infinitely more important to the story. And I ADORE the battle system. The whole Tech system is something that more games need to do because it makes character selection and experimentation that much more important. When I found out that Frog and Ayla has a tech combo that was one of the best healing spells in the game, it drastically changed my party lineup from that point forward. I only wish that they would’ve allowed for more double and triple techs without Chrono and including Magus (and without the need of special accessories). If I could add anything to this already perfect game, that would probably be the only thing.

My story with this game is actually quite similar to yours. Sadly, the game was never officially released in Europe back in the day. It wasn’t until much later that we got the DS port, in the late aughts. I played through it and I could not stop it. It quickly rose up to the top as one of my favorite games of all time. Zero biases, as I had never played it or even heard much about it before. It just... works. Thus, I would not change a single thing about it. It’s absolutely perfect as it is.

i only had one issue with CT, it can be pretty vague about what it wants you to do sometimes, which is a blessing if youre just romping around on playthrough 2-n, but on a first time playthrough when youre exploring everything it can be pretty easy to forget what exactly you where doing. also, not a gripe, something that would have been a great addition is a world map.

A *SINGING* cat robot! And yes, of course it still holds up! It's my favorite game of all times!

Such a well layed out review. Ty! Im gonna finally start playing it again right now actually. :)

future episode suggestions, Ducktales, Megaman 2, Goldeneye, Grim Fandango, TMNT 2 the arcade game/TMNT3 Turtles in time/Xmen the arcade game/The Simpsons Arcade game

Thanks for creating this. Although I may have sensed it on some level, I never quite realized just how "free" _Chrono Trigger_ feels compared to its contemporaries until now. One of my favourite aspects of _Chrono Trigger_ is its masterful pacing. Right from the start, the game makes you feel that every location that you go to is important, and shows you how it's relevant to the overall narrative. There are still games being made today - to say nothing of the era it was created - that are bogged down with filler, and don't have the same level of tightness that this JRPG from 1995 accomplished. To me, that is absolutely astounding.

I've never actually played this game or even seen footage of it, so this was a cool video. I was a kid when this game came out so the SNES buying decisions were made by my parents. We did own Secret of Mana on the SNES, which gives me similar aesthetic vibes. On another note, I love this new series idea.

This game is so awesome, my first time playing it was on the Wii Virtual Console with a GameCube controller lol

I dont have time to watch this rn but I already dig this series

Games like these of SNES Era should be remade today.

I'm enjoying this series and looking forward to whatever you make. It's hard to know what you want for recommendations. With only two videos in the series, what you are wanting to accomplish isn't clear. But a game (and genre) you probably haven't thought about and should consider is Tactics Ogre. Very influential, and not well known in the US despite the amazing critical reception it got. Other people will tell you Final Fantasy Tactics, but Tactics Ogre feels more "of the era" even though FFT was a contemporary of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. I'd love to see you do Earthbound / Mother 2 if you are going to to another JRPG. But the "serious" comparison to make if you want to look at JRPGs is with Final Fantasy VI and Dragon Quest V. As far as early "action RPGs" there's Seiken Densetsu 3 which wasn't available in an official English-language version until recently, but was very influential in Japan. Depending on how far back you want to go, Ys I & II are worth considering. If you want to go *really* far back, the original Sid Meier's pirates (DOS era) was probably the first "open world" game. Let me know what you think of these, and I may be able to tune my recommendations once I know your thinking better. That said, there are a ton of "gimme" games (Link to the Past, Super Metroid, Super Mario World, anything on Wikipedia's "Games Considered best list). And you could just take the most influential titles that defined genres or franchises and try them. But I hope I suggested a few that are outside of your usual wheelhouse that you might find interesting. Edit: when I said that Tactics Ogre felt more "of the era" I couldn't put my finger on what it was. But I can now. There was a qualitative shift in video games once optical disks became the norm. Design constraints fundamentally changed. So even though the early PlayStation and N64 games were made at the same time, they were operating under different constraints. So the N64 games feel more contiguous with the older style, and the PS games are more of a hard break into new territory. So maybe that's the "line" being drawn here? You are looking at games from an era where designers were forced to worry about the size of the game and thus had more editorial pressure to squeeze every bit of game value out of each bit.

This video just convinced me to play the game. I heard so many good things about it and i am curious about the game. Will definitely play it soon 👍

I know it's a few days late, but in case you see it, a couple retro game recommendations from the SNES era! Secret of Mana - Also very free, action RPG with multiplayer (if you want) and some really unique spell mechanics. The story is also fantastic and doesn't have much padding. Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars - I'm pretty sure you've played this before, but it DEFINITELY deserves to be replayed since it's practically the direct genetic ancestor of the Paper Mario series.

Sea of Stars looks dope, ill have to check it out! Also I love this game so much. I love the music, how creative and interesting and fleshed-out the world is, and the tactical element of the battle system... I do wish you had a bit more control over how you develop your characters but it's not a huge deal- after all I feel the same abt Earthbound and Mother 3 and those are my fav RPGs ever so it's not like a dealbreaker

I didn't finish the game personaly. The game has great qualities for sure, the music is incredible, and the universe is charming. But even if you have that feeling of freedom, the game is mostly linear, which is not a problem. What's more problematic to me is, first, the fighting system which is pretty basic. It gives you the impression you have to make strategic choices and sometimes it does. But most of the time, you end up smashing the same attacks again and again. I also feel that the characters you're playing lack personality. They seem really cool at first, but as soon as they join your team, you never really interact with them again. That's a feature I really love in some of the dragon quest games. It's the possibility to hear what one of your team mates has to say in a particular situation, simply by pressing a button. That really ads a lot. Where I dropped the ball though, is when you have to make your way into that giant floating forteress. Not that it's hard, it just gets really, REALLY repetitive. Das jus me tho

@JSBax

3 жыл бұрын

I'm still loving it... But yeah, it would be good to have dialogue from your own party! Lost opportunity for characters to show themselves

I have a somewhat special history with this game. It was the first RPG I ever played, and one of the games that "taught" me english. I'm not an english native speaker, so we used to play games without understanding anything. Most of the time, there was nothing to understand, we just grabbed the controller and played Mario, Crash, fighting games, racing games, spyro... This game you had to understand what was going on. Although I didn't understand shit, I fell in love with the charm and played it anyway, figuring things out slowly as I learned english. I think I never finished it back then. At some point I got Legend of Legaia (another hidden gem of the ps era, btw I was playing the ps version of chrono trigger), but someone gave a walkthrough in portuguese (my language) and my father printed it out to me so I could play the game. Ah, good old times... After finishing it, I went back to Chrono Trigger and asked a friend for a walkthrough, and instead, he gave me a hacked translated ROM in portuguese of the snes version that I could play in an emulator. It was very well translated. Ah, good old times indeed... I never forgot those two games. At the same time, I kept struggling with hot new MMOs rising in popularity. I eventually learned to hold my own on english and tackled Legend of Legaia again so I could understand the story. The walkthrough just told me what to do, but didn't explain things too much. But you can guess things by the emotion in characters' faces and animations, cutscenes, the music, recurring villains... Anyway, I played it again and lots of things I didn't understand the first time made more sense. I think I did replayed Chrono Trigger in english at the time too, eventually. I can say confidently that Chrono Trigger has a better story and characters, but Legend of Legaia had interesting mini games and a cool battle system that I've never seen again in a video game. Ah, good old times...

Oh sweet another Chrono Trigger video review/replay to make me feel good.

My cousin was 15 years old when he played the DS remake when he came to my home for the week. He was hooked from minute one. When he left, he bought a DS and his own copy so he could 100% it on his own. That was all the proof I needed to know how timeless this game is.

Recommendations for your Legacy Replay series, and I'm trying to cover as many genres as possible: Super Mario Bros 3/Super Mario World/New Super Mario Bros Wii (pick 1) Punch Out/Super Punch Out/Punch Out Wii (pick 1) Street Fighter 2 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Megaman X Goldeneye 007 Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga The World Ends With You

Glad you are doing well!

Chronotrigger is one of my favorite games of all time! Even though I had played and liked a few JRPGs before, this game really started my love for the genre!

Two things. 1: It coined the term New Game+. While not the first to do it, it did it so well with such a snappy name that it became industry standard naming. 2: You can get the Easter Egg ending organically at the Ocean Palace where Crono [Spoilers]. Lavos can be defeated there, but it is very difficulty and requires a lot of grinding and smart play.