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[thebaroness]

Congrats. What ending did you get?

I guess the Main Happy ending? I saved Chrono, Spared Magus, and kept the Epoch. I beat Lavos after finishing the Black Omen.

 

[Chip N Chance]

I also beat Chrono Trigger for the first time this year on my DS. I got it from my mom on Christmas 2009, but didn't get around to playing it until early this year. Such an amazing game, that im still thinking about well past beating.

 

[GaimeGuy]

I guess the Main Happy ending? I saved Chrono, Spared Magus, and kept the Epoch. I beat Lavos after finishing the Black Omen.

Love the Black Omen's music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS_yfTOuNwY&feature=related

 

[Fantasy Final]

RPGs peaked when this game got released.

 

[Notorious_Roy]

Even though I support playing Chrono Trigger, we have a recent CT-thread.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=435427

 

[Goldmund]

I replay this game once every year, the playthroughs being the bookends between and sustaining the memories of my many failed relationships. It's so charming, heart-warming and comforting. Like a good record, you can always go back to it.

It's good that you've finished it. The upcoming replays won't be the last.

 

[Jenga]

What ending did you get?

wut


the ending doesn't radically change (cept for magus) on the first completion, if i'm remembering correctly

 

[Soule]

I have only beat Chrono Trigger like 3 times, however I swear I've started it like 20 times, I love this game but somehow get distracted or it gets shoved to the backburner when I get into it. I only beat it for the first time in like 2003 as well so it was already dated but the experience really stuck with me, it amazed me how good it was and I really didn't expect it. Great to hear it still mesmerizes people today.

 

[Aeana]

I have only beat Chrono Trigger like 3 times, however I swear I've started it like 20 times, I love this game but somehow get distracted or it gets shoved to the backburner when I get into it. I only beat it for the first time in like 2003 as well so it was already dated but the experience really stuck with me, it amazed me how good it was and I really didn't expect it. Great to hear it still mesmerizes people today.

I'm kind of the same way. I love Chrono Trigger to death, but I've started way more replays than I've finished. Sometimes I stop as early as the factory. Not for any particular reason other than distraction I guess. But it doesn't seem to happen as often with other games I replay.

 

[dankir]

Chrono, Ayla and Robo that team fucks shit up.

Those dual techs where Ayla becomes electrified that's fucking S tier shit there.

 

[Hasemo]

Grats, and this:

FINE, I'll go start my damn playthrough already.

Tried beating it 2 times but I've lost my save during the first and sold my DS before the second.

 

[Stumpokapow]

You wouldn't believe it, but there's actually another "I just beat Chrono Trigger" thread ongoing right now, so I'm going to merge the two.

 

[Adam Prime]

It took me starting this game like five times before I ever finally finished it. I can understand how people think it's the GOAT of JRPGs or at the very least it's their personal favorite. I'm sure if I had played this game during the SNES, or even PSX era - I would've been way more impressed than I am now.

I think it deserves all those accolades from people who love the game, but personally I enjoyed more recently

Spoiler

FFXIII

more than Chrono Trigger. I just can't deal with the silent protagonist and the ho hum combat system of the game. Also right now, I'm playing through Trails of the Sky on PSP and I can already say that I am enjoying that game way more than Chrono Trigger.

Chrono Trigger, has too many of my personal distastes... yet I can understand how beloved it is.

 

[Soule]

I just can't deal with the silent protagonist and the ho hum combat system of the game.

Interesting, I think the combat system is one of the major reasons I like the game so much. If it employed an old school FF style combat system I don't think I'd like it as much.

 

[Neki]

It took me starting this game like five times before I ever finally finished it. I can understand how people think it's the GOAT of JRPGs or at the very least it's their personal favorite. I'm sure if I had played this game during the SNES, or even PSX era - I would've been way more impressed than I am now.

I think it deserves all those accolades from people who love the game, but personally I enjoyed more recently

Spoiler

FFXIII

more than Chrono Trigger. I just can't deal with the silent protagonist and the ho hum combat system of the game. Also right now, I'm playing through Trails of the Sky on PSP and I can already say that I am enjoying that game way more than Chrono Trigger.

Chrono Trigger, has too many of my personal distastes... yet I can understand how beloved it is.

what did you exactly like more in FFXIII? And how does a silent protagonist take away from the game?

 

[Goldmund]

Interesting, I think the combat system is one of the major reasons I like the game so much. If it employed an old school FF style combat system I don't think I'd like it as much.

I'd qualify this a little: I love the battles and how the game transition in and out of them -- but I don't think the battle system itself is very intricate. That's the thing, though, unlike in other RPGs of its era, the battles don't feel tacked on. They're not as much of a system (and even a world) of their own. What you do in the battles, the characters seem able to do outside of them as well.

 

[Soule]

I'm kind of the same way. I love Chrono Trigger to death, but I've started way more replays than I've finished. Sometimes I stop as early as the factory. Not for any particular reason other than distraction I guess. But it doesn't seem to happen as often with other games I replay.

haha the factory is a bit of a graveyard for my playthroughs, i'm not a big fan of that drab setting so it tends to burn away at my nostalgic motivation when I hit there. I honestly find all the time periods bar the destitute future to be so engrossing and awesome, I've spent so much time just flying around the map.

I'd qualify this a little: I love the battles and how the game transition in and out of them -- but I don't think the battle system itself is very intricate. That's the thing, though, unlike in other RPGs of its era, the battles don't feel tacked on. They're not as much of a system (and even a world) of their own. What you do in the battles, the characters seem able to do outside of them as well.

Definitely. Also, seeing the artwork of the boxart and knowing you can do that in the game gives me a bit of a geeky satisfaction as well.

 

[Neki]

haha the factory is a bit of a graveyard for my playthroughs, i'm not a big fan of that drab setting so it tends to burn away at my nostalgic motivation when I hit there. I honestly find all the time periods bar the destitute future to be so engrossing and awesome, I've spent so much time just flying around the map.


Definitely. Also, seeing the artwork of the boxart and knowing you can do that in the game gives me a bit of a geeky satisfaction as well.

*looks at boxart*

*sees Marle casting Fire on Chrono's sword*

:|

 

[Goldmund]

*looks at boxart*

*sees Marle casting Fire on Chrono's sword*

:|

If you run 255 perfect circles around Spekkio, the elemental affinity of all characters changes.

 

[Neki]

If you run 255 perfect circles around Spekkio, the elemental affinity of all characters changes.

 

[gravitybear]

Zeal?? PFFt

Man I have the music from when you first fight Masa and Mune always playing in my head. Especially during medial tasks like making a sandwich, going to the bathroom, etc.

It's so fucking epic.

you mean magus right? masa/mune have the normal boss music.

assuming that, if you walk around with that song in your head while doing normal things you must really be doing them with panache and badassery.

You should strap a sword to your back and just make it LEGIT

 

[gravitybear]

If you run 255 perfect circles around Spekkio, the elemental affinity of all characters changes.

....are you trying to make me go and do this or are you fa real

bc i never heard of that.

is gullible in the dictionary?

 

[Karsticles]

FF13 returned to this system, where you had to choose your healers and buffers and fighters in balance.

It removed the most important part though - you don't make decisions about what the characters are doing.

Plus, especially post-game, the differences between characters are pretty slim, and there are a few Paradigms that are simply dominant. I never found myself wishing for more Paradigm options, because you're never going to want a tank and two debuffers unless it's to exploit a weakness in a particular battle. FFXIII's battle system was without a doubt the most mindless I have experienced to date.

When asked by RPGSite staff if he could forsee Square handing off other much-loved but neglected franchises to external developers as with Front Mission, he asked what franchise we had in mind.

Our response? Of course, Chrono Trigger.

"Why does everyone ask about Chrono Trigger?" he laughed. We told him it's a very loved series. "That's not what the sales tell me!" he responded.

"If people want a sequel, they should buy more!"

Which is silly - that they can re-release a game that's over a decade old, which is readily available for free through a variety of means, and have it sell at all, says a lot about the game's quality.

That was the exact feel from FF13. Lightning had basic healing, but Vanille outclassed her there. But Vanille's physical was so weak, that meant possibly using Hope, but that takes up a valuable SAB slot. Not to mention choosing Snow vs Fang, depending on whether you needed more Sab vs Rav.

So mix and matching was the entire push behind party choosing in FF13.

By the end of the game, very few characters have unique abilities/spells. You'll have something random like Vanille not having Haste, but it's not really game defining in the same way Marle being the ONLY character with Haste was.

Marle is completely useless, both Robo and Frog are more than capable healers, and actually contribute to combat. Marle has no place in the game as soon as you can remove her from the party.

Haste.

 

[WanderingWind]

Also, literally hundreds of games between Chrono Trigger and FFXIII had healers, buffers and tanks. What an exceptionally odd comparison to make.

And Marle stayed in my party for most of the game, mostly because I liked her character.

 

[Neki]

I always ran Chrono / Frog / Magus because it was the bad-ass team. who cares about haste when I can spam Dark Matter all day.

*makes Dark Matter sound constantly*

 

[gravitybear]

I always ran Chrono / Frog / Magus because it was the bad-ass team. who cares about haste when I can spam Dark Matter all day.

*makes Dark Matter sound constantly*

....followed by luminaire

 

[Wazzim]

now to go back and see all 13 (?) different endings

Love the game but why would you do that? I just youtube the endings without wasting countless hours playing the same thing.

 

[Neki]

Love the game but why would you do that? I just youtube the endings without wasting countless hours playing the same thing.

I don't even play most games anymore, I just watch We Play / Walkthroughs. That way I can skip to the good parts.

Spoiler

true story

 

[JumpingTheGun]

Its still my favorite game of all time. It introduced me to RPGS, deep, emotional and engrossing storylines and masterful music. I cant wait til it comes to PIll be all over it when it arrives on PSN, though I hope it wont be a converted PS1 version with the load times between battles...

 

[JumpingTheGun]

wow, my apologiesfor those fucked up typing skills...

 

[WillyFive]

I don't even play most games anymore, I just watch We Play / Walkthroughs. That way I can skip to the good parts.

Spoiler

true story

That sucks. Since games are games, I think it's fine to watch playthroughts and We Plays, even all the way to completion, since you are not getting the actual experience you pay for to play a game.

But to watch it so that you don't have to play it?

 

[czk]

When i first played the game, I knew nothing abouit it.

I thought that the main objective is going to be just to save the girl (Marle).

It was my first jRPG ever so I knew nothing about the system of this games.

I was blown away by the further plot development.

This game has so many great, memorable moments.

Spoiler

Chronos trial, The Masamune Sword and how you get it, moment when you reach The End of Time for the first time, the fireplace in the forest, first time you visit Zeal, Blackbird, fantastic boss battles, diverse locations, the battle with Magus, the moment when you discover Lavos in 2300AD, Chronos death scene...

Man, this game just keeps on giving.

The music in the Guardia Forest makes me weep every time I hear it, it's so beautiful.

This game is pure perfection.

Just like Baldurs Gate 2, Fallout 2 and Resident Evil 4.

This kind of game shows once in 10-20 years.

I enjoy it still, despite it's been almost ten years since I fist played it.

I can't wait until I'll go through Chrono Trigger again, this time with my children.

 

[Frost_Ace]

I can't wait until I'll go through Chrono Trigger again, this time with my children.

Dawwwwww you'll be the best dad ever!

 

[gunbo13]

Marles strongest magic attack is an 8mp magic attack ( ICE 2) Ice Sword 2? Really, that's a joke.

Frog has Cure2, and Robo has heal beam.

The dual techs you get with Robo and Frog are far superior than Marles.

Way off.

Ice sword 2 is a 12/8 split. A gold stud on Marle means 2 energy per cast! Crono can get through about 5 of those without breaking a sweat (which takes care of about 95% of CT's enemies, joke time). Marle then pops him an ether and you repeat. It is also an AoE attack! I have caught 4 enemies in that icy death. Frog Launcher and Bubble Breath are average at best with no AoE. Crono/Ayla dual techs destroy those for equal energy cost. You also have your batteries attacking simultaneously causing a cooldown on your heals (never necessary in CT). Cure Wave isn't great simply because Robo is so slow. Marle can also achieve magic ability in half the levels it takes for Frog/Robo

With magic tabs Marle can get away with Cure1 and still beat Frog's. With haste she can heal up the team way more efficiently and keep up your team AT ALL TIMES. She can also do a full resurrect with full hp heal for 4 energy! Did I mention she can cast haste? Haste helm on Crono + battery haste on Ayla? Yea...I'd rather have cure wave and physical attacks from the slow robot...

Marle is integral for top tiers. She NEVER has to attack. Ever. CT is such a breeze that you only need one offensive character. I can beat the game with just Crono and Marle as long as I have a few things. I think she gets like 1 kill a play-through and all I say is "good for you" with a smile. Her 777 Venus Bow in CT actually makes her A+ tier but I won't bring this up for the sake of Vanilla (not that I need to anyway).

The bullfrog team is weak compared to the energizer bunny team. Marle is top tier in vanilla and #2 in remake.

*Awaits you are way to serious comments*

Haste.

I like you.

 

[Neki]

That sucks. Since games are games, I think it's fine to watch playthroughts and We Plays, even all the way to completion, since you are not getting the actual experience you pay for to play a game.

But to watch it so that you don't have to play it?

I'm half joking, but I usually do it for games I think that I usually won't buy or play, but still look interesting. Or sometimes I just like watching the commentary / experience of it all. I'm the same with reading movie plots that I know I won't watch, but I suppose this is a lot more visual and interesting.

 

[GSR]

<Explanation on why Crono/Marle ends universes>

Yeah, this sums it up pretty good. I don't think I really used the combination too much way back in the day but when I replayed the game on my DS a few years back they wound up being my go-to team, especially once you throw Frog into the mix. Superb healing, superb offense.

 

[Loto]

Crono, Marle, and Ayla 4 lyfe!

 

[Ourobolus]

Man, I feel strange reading this thread an playing either Crono/Marle/Ayla or Crono/Marle/Lucca almost exclusively.

Falcon Hit + Cube Toss + Ice Sword 2 + Luminaire + Haste for Crono/Marle/Ayla
Luminaire + Antipode 3 for Crono/Marle/Lucca

Antipode 3 does a ridiculous amount of damage against everyone and is by far my favorite attack spell.

 

[Natetan]

one thing i found in a recent playthrough, crono robo frog have a pretty good triple tech that you can get fairly early. does about 1000 or so damage too, which is a lot at that time. just do that 7 times against magus and you win!

also plus one for falcon hit. a really awesome tech against bosses.

 

[Johnlenham]

Just after that fight is where I got to and my save file corrupted. Sad times.

 

[industrian]

This game is PERFECT. The pixel art, the music, the pacing, everything is impeccable.

It's one of the two games I consider perfect. The other being Ocarina of Time.

Chrono Trigger is god tier gaming. I could start my 8th playthrough of it now and play it constantly for 20 hours without being bored. Everything about it is gaming at it's finest.

The thing that really gets me though is that (ESPECIALLY for a RPG) you can start playing it and not have to read the manual/backstory, or knowing about monster races, in-game struggles between nations or some apocalyptic war that happened exactly 1000 years ago or some shit - everything is explained to you in due time and at a good pace.

 

[LevityNYC]

Chrono Lucca and Robo is my go to party.

 

[Anth0ny]

It's one of the two games I consider perfect. The other being Ocarina of Time.

Chrono Trigger is god tier gaming. I could start my 8th playthrough of it now and play it constantly for 20 hours without being bored. Everything about it is gaming at it's finest.

The thing that really gets me though is that (ESPECIALLY for a RPG) you can start playing it and not have to read the manual/backstory, or knowing about monster races, in-game struggles between nations or some apocalyptic war that happened exactly 1000 years ago or some shit - everything is explained to you in due time and at a good pace.

The pacing in this game might be the greatest I've ever seen in a game.

 

[Fuu]

It did age greatly, it's still my first suggestion to anyone who's interested in playing a JRPG for the first time.

 

[Kalnos]

I think that Chrono, Ayla, Magus is the most overpowered combo of characters. I like using Chrono, Ayla, Robo though.

 

[Goldmund]

Seconded. You can find the Chrono Cross soundtrack somewhere and listen to it sometime. It's really the only good part of the game. Well, Sprigg's world is kinda cool, but you'd have to slog through the rest of that mess to get there.

Don't listen to this man!

Chrono Cross is a good game with an amazing soundtrack. It's a truly millennial game. So hopeful, so gentle. The surrounding world isn't just a lifeless backdrop your ever-expanding party wades through. It seems truly alive, concerned with itself and lost in thought. This unique atmosphere really impressed me when I first played the game. It's so cohesive.

Speaking to all of the villagers in the very opening of the game (after the small prelude), you'll quickly realize, this is gonna be the game's tone and it's still fresh.

 

[Kalnos]

Don't listen to this man!

Nah, he's pretty right, at least in regards to story. Chrono Trigger was good because it had a simple story that didn't take itself too seriously, where Chrono Cross felt like fan-fiction.

Chrono Cross does have an excellent OST though.

 

[Goldmund]

Nah, he's pretty right, at least in regards to story. Chrono Trigger was good because it had a simple story that didn't take itself too seriously, where Chrono Cross felt like fan-fiction.

Chrono Cross does have an excellent OST though.

I don't think the plot of a video game is important, not even the writing. That's not what I was talking about. The game has a distinct tone which it is well aware of and that's rare.

 

[thetrin]

I love Chrono Trigger to death, but the DS version did an awful job trying to tie CT to Chrono Cross. Just awful.

 

[coldvein]

you mean magus right? masa/mune have the normal boss music.

assuming that, if you walk around with that song in your head while doing normal things you must really be doing them with panache and badassery.

You should strap a sword to your back and just make it LEGIT

i thought the masa/mune fight was the first time the second (more epic) boss music played in the game. i could be wrong. if i'm wrong, i'll eat my homemade chrono trigger t shirt.