Chrono Trigger Destined For PSN?
Hey, you know what was a pretty good game? Chrono Trigger.
Many have paid exorbitant sums for an original SNES copy but soon, if you don't have it in your collection, it can become yours again for a relatively low price. Or so the ESRB would have you believe, and they're not in the business of rating old games for no reason. Besides, it's listed specifically for the PlayStation 3 and PSP if you check the game rating's website: the Squaresoft classic will likely be coming to the downloadable world. It may be distributed as a PS1 Classic on the PSN because lest you forget, CT was included in Final Fantasy Chronicles along with Final Fantasy IV. By the way, FFIV just got its "Complete Collection" this week on the PSP.
Remember, there was a time when Squaresoft ruled the world of RPGs and had lots and lots of role-playing fans under its belt. We swear it's true. It did happen.
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4/22/2011 10:21:43 AM Ben Dutka
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Comments (60 posts)
kraygen
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 10:52:38 AM
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So when people were using swords and shields and such, you get weapons, then go back in time to when they were only using sticks and you get better weapons? How does that work?
Then you go way into the future where they have robots and lasers and the weapons do less damage than the stick you picked up in prehistoric times. Ummmm what?
JohnnyGold
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 10:57:07 AM
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Jawknee
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 10:59:43 AM
WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 11:01:17 AM
PorkChopGamer
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 11:07:42 AM
I agree. Final Fantasy 13 is amazing. Great story, graphics, and gameplay. Could have been deeper, but what was there is plenty good. FF13, Infinite Undiscovery, Star Ocean, Project Sylpheed, and Nier, not to mention the great handheld titles are enough to give Square much love from me this gen.
Last edited by PorkChopGamer on 4/22/2011 11:09:57 AM
SvenMD
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 11:26:34 AM
Granted, after you beat the game and you take on the missions, you need a little more control yourself, and the paradigms become more of a big deal...but still, strategy is streamlined. Even in FFXII when you couldnt exactly control your other characters, you could still setup gambits to "control" them. In FFXIII you have 2% control....as in, you can change their class. But if your main character is Fang, and you have Lightning in your party and you are both synergists - You can manually cast Faithra and Bravera on your party, but Lightning will ALWAYS cast Faith and Bravery at the same time(in essence WASTING TIME!!!) So you have no control to be able to tell Lightning to stop acting retarded and do what you want her to do which is cast Enfire!!! Eventually she catches on and stops, but it still wastes time.
You are limited....and in the past, I never felt limited in a FF game. So when you take control away from the player (esp in an RPG), we're going to get upset a little bit, even if the game is still phenomenal!
MyWorstNightmar
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 11:34:51 AM
Perhaps they could have made it less linear in the beginning, or made towns. That is what I hear most people really wanted. But SE had a vision for the game, and produced a solid product. If they did put in the features that a lot of fans say were missing, perhaps we would have been waiting a few more years for the game to release or received a different game entirely. And as it is, the game took FOREVER to be released. Personally as someone who went in not knowing what to expect of the game, I loved it, and see it as a top notch production.
MyWorstNightmar
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 11:45:20 AM
Jawknee
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 11:53:44 AM
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 12:29:29 PM
SvenMD
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 12:30:29 PM
As far as calling it something else, the game was definitely FF in character, but they TOOK OUT slot of things that long time fans liked or were accustomed to from prior games. And again, as a dev, you an always add to your game and you will be praised..... You take stuff out and I'm going to be mad. It's just the way it goes.
@Jawknee - Thank You!!! After you said ray I realized you could turn those on and off at the top of the gambit screen!! I had forgotten. But again, it's all about options. They gave you the choice to use them or not. In FFXIII - not so much choice.
Excelsior1
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 12:42:04 PM
i loved ff13 too, and agree with those above that loved it. it was far superior to ff12's mmo autopilot gameplay, and the story was way better in ff13. absolutely loved going through the mark missions in ff13. the game was just beautiful, and i loved the production values. the music was great too.
i get that some people did not like some of the stripped out elements in ff13, but i still think it's a great game, and even a good ff game. all they have to do is tweek it a little bit by letting you swap out characters like ff10, and putting less of an emphasis on staggering an opponet then it would be just about perfect for me.
Jawknee
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 1:00:43 PM
@SvenMD, I think I could over look all the other flaws in the game like lack of towns, NPC's and it's kill tubes if they had just let you switch party members mid battle. Kind pointless each character having their own Eidolon when you can only use the party leaders per battle. Since I liked having Lightening as my lead, I was always forced to use her Eidolon. Hell, even if they let you chose which Eidolon to summon from a list of the 3 you have in your party, that would have made it that much better in my opinion.
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Underdog15
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 1:53:23 PM
Both songs were fantastic, and I love how the main theme just had different tempo and instruments to fit various moods.
lol >.<
P.s. If by Chrono Trigger being linear you mean it had a beginning and an end, you are right. But there are character(s) who have alternate endings... and you can fight the final boss almost whenever you want (at a certain point)... and yeah... more I can't say without spoiling. But yeah... as World said... if that's what you think, I recommend playing it further.
Additionally, NO ONE said Square-Enix hasn't made any good games this gen. But I mean, really Porkchop... look at that list you gave. Compared to what SquareSoft used to do, it's a short list and some of those games in the list are a bit of a stretch to say they are RPG-gold. I betcha I could quadruple that list with PS1 RPG's from SquareSoft that are better than what you listed.
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SvenMD
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 2:11:21 PM
Again, having the option to pick out of your 3 characters would be great!
MyWorstNightmar
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 2:19:34 PM
aaronisbla
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 2:27:04 PM
Then people kept saying 'wait to chapter 11 it opens up,i swear!' it opened up....into one hunt after another, adding very little to no story to it. It became a mini monster hunter game. FF12 did it better, wouldnt mind if it got a graphical upgrade like 13
Excelsior1
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 2:51:02 PM
i knew you could turn the gambit's off in ff12, but if you do it's so damn tedious in my opinion. you could customise the gambits to do anything you want so you might as well use them. that part i liked, but i didn't like the step towards a mmo in ff12. plus, the story and characters were pretty bland. about the only character that was decent is baltier. i bought the collecters editition of ff12 and still own it...let's just say it didn't grab me like the other ff's, and it's my least favorite ff.
there are some elememts that i dislike in ff13 as well. it definitely needs to ditch the kill tubes, and get some exploration back. plus it needs the towns, shops, and classic npc's as well. i know people all have their different preferences on ff's and some feel let down by ff13, but i loved it. in fact talking about it makes me want to go play it again. i'm only a few trophies away from platinuming it.
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Ultimadream
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 3:58:54 PM
Excelsior1
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 4:23:09 PM
that's exactly how i feel. ff12 was so aimless and bland. plus i hated the battle system, i thought ff13 was a step forward in the right direction in terms of story, characters, and gameplay. sure, it had some flaws but i was willing to look past that becuase of its sheer beauty.
@myworstnighmr
vanielle's edion was on the erotic side. she looks like she's really enjoying it at the end. one of the funiest moments in a ff game is when vanielle shows the others where her mark is. the look on hope's face was hillarous. he looks shocked, and taken back but also it looks like he kind of liked seeing vanielle's butt cheek. classic.
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Ultimadream
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 4:36:22 PM
As for XIII what i loved most was the characters, while there was not much 'depth' within their backstory they had such strong charisma. When I think of XIII I think of the characters over the story.
PorkChopGamer
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 5:04:54 PM
I agree with both of you. FF12 is my least favorite of all of the FFs. Good but still on the bottom. And the whole MMO style gameplay really got under my skin. I didn't mind wrangling the AI, for the improvements Square made in 13(Battle screen, characters, etc.).
Ben-
I don't think that person exists. In its totality, I think that Square has released some worthwile games this generation, but not near the consistency of the heyday.
WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 11:00:38 AM
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Aranha
Saturday, April 23, 2011 @ 10:35:17 AM
aaronisbla
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 2:31:21 PM
PorkChopGamer
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 11:01:40 AM
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Jawknee
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 11:19:02 AM
SvenMD
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 11:31:26 AM
Ultimadream
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 11:25:02 AM
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I would also like to play Xenogears, which I have heard so much about and the sequel to this, Chrono Cross.
Jawknee
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 1:16:27 PM
Ultimadream
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 3:57:29 PM
Jawknee
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 7:47:33 PM
WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 1:03:00 PM
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Jawknee
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 1:14:58 PM
aaronisbla
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 2:28:23 PM
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And while you are at it, Release Crono Cross already, one of the best soundtracks on a rpg when it released
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Jawknee
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 2:31:12 PM
aaronisbla
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 2:41:18 PM
WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 2:44:02 PM
Jawknee
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 2:44:31 PM
WolfCrimson
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 4:38:36 PM
Jawknee
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 5:08:34 PM
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Drake_RB3
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 3:16:20 PM
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CC magically added continents to the original game's world and then decided to go with a story that pretty much made the actions of the characters from the first game pointless. Letting characters from the first get killed off and Lavos still being alive somehow.
Granted, the production values, combat and music of CC were great, but there were so many useless characters and I never once found characters that could do a combo attack.
If you're gonna make a sequel at least have some respect for the first game.
Sorry for the ranting but Chrono Trigger is the pinnacle of "old school" RPGs in my opinion.
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 5:11:16 PM
PorkChopGamer
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 8:25:11 PM
1)JRPGs are now niche, which means they won't be shoved down your throat by ads. You have to sniff them out.
2)The HD consoles are not profitable for most JRPGs. If it doesnt have a Final Fantasy or a Dragon Quest(the casual RPG fan's RPGs) in the title, it typically doesn't sell more than 1.5 million.
3)Not every JRPG has been released on a PS system. You can type 'til your fingers bleed about the so-called MS conspiracy and how the devs SHOULD have put them on the PS3, but the fact is, they aren't. What's done is done. Why not enjoy them?
After that, I say grab a DS and Radiant Historia and start loving life.
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Roach721
Saturday, April 23, 2011 @ 1:33:02 AM
Drake_RB3
Saturday, April 23, 2011 @ 9:11:48 AM
And if you're friend has Suikoden II, it basically improved on everything from the first game.
shiroxkatsuya
Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 7:37:12 PM
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Chrono Trigger









Dreno
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Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 10:48:43 AM
I effing love this game. This is truly excellent news. I can't wait for this to hit psn.
Trul?y an epic game, with a story line and characters that are just as epic.
The only thing that would make this better is if this got released in some sort of chrono collection that came with chrono cross. Oh and if they would make a third installment.
I heard that the name chrono break was being used by square, but that was a couple years ago. Don't think they are doing anything with it though...
But excellent news.