Chrono Trigger inducted into gamespot's greatest games of all time

[touchmyichi]

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6147770/index.html

This made me remember how much I loved this game, perhaps my favorite of all time. I'm thinking of firing it up again.

 

[touchmyichi]

what? No love for the trigger? :/

 

[KillerAngel]

Deservedly so. I get all misty-eyed when I think about that game. Truly one of the greatest ever conceived.

 

[Pepsi90919]

secret of mana

 

[AStar617]

:beer: for one of the games I always wish I had back in '95... and now that it's emulated, never have time to even start playing. I swear, if I hit the lottery, it wouldn't be expensive toys that make me happy, it'd be the time to do stuff like play Chrono Trigger and the others I never finished 8hrs a whack Mon-Fri.

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
secret of mana

Currently playing SoM with my gf, we are at the final boss Translated version of Seiken Densetsu 3 awaits when we're done...

 

[PurdueRy]

Best Game ever

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: AStar617

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
secret of mana

Currently playing SoM with my gf, we are at the final boss Translated version of Seiken Densetsu 3 awaits when we're done...

me and a friend had to keep retrying that level over and over again, because the game kept freezing.

 

[thawolfman]

<3 CT

Never played SoM though...should I? :Q

Edit: Looking at those pictures of the remake make me cry that it got killed by Square

 

[GeneValgene]

i have never been a fan of RPGs...i started playing that game, and i couldn't stop...it was amazing, the story sucked me right in...

to this date, it is the only RPG i have every played

one of the best games ever

 

[E equals MC2]

CT's gameplay, storyline and stat engine is still unrivaled to today's RPGS.

Very well deserved. Actually no other game deserves it.

I rank CT higher than any other FF series simply because it is very polished and fine-tuned. You remember stats screen in FF series? There are so many useless and bloated numbers in there. CT has the most simple, minimalist and cleaned up character stats than FFs. The numbers actually made sense. You look at stats screen in FF7 or FF3, about 75% don't do anything or make any difference.

Plot is very well made. One of the most satisfying endings of all time.
Score is very well done- I remember getting chills when Magus' theme start to play. Same goes for Crono's. This is the only category FF7 may top.
Battle: CT is the first RPG to fight the battle without 'switching to battle screen', which all FFs do.

 

[Instan00dles]

If only I had a snes, I still own the cartridge I bought many years ago, I just couldnt bring myself to sell it.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: E equals MC2
CT's gameplay, storyline and stat engine is still unrivaled to today's RPGS.

Very well deserved. Actually no other game deserves it.

I rank CT higher than any other FF series simply because it is very polished and fine-tuned. You remember stats screen in FF series? There are so many useless and bloated numbers in there. CT has the most simple, minimalist and cleaned up character stats than FFs. The numbers actually made sense. You look at stats screen in FF7 or FF3, about 75% don't do anything or make any difference.

IIRC, most of the numbers are used in the game formulas.

 

[dugweb]

I'm going to go to my parents house this week, get my snes, and my copy of CT, and replay it.

 

[middlehead]

The first game I bought with my own money.

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: thawolfman
<3 CT

Never played SoM though...should I? :Q

Abso. Fvcking. Lutely.

 

[thelanx]

One of the greatest games of all time IMO.

 

[BigPoppa]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: AStar617

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
secret of mana

Currently playing SoM with my gf, we are at the final boss Translated version of Seiken Densetsu 3 awaits when we're done...

me and a friend had to keep retrying that level over and over again, because the game kept freezing.

Never had SoM freeze up on me ever. Must have been your cart/SNES. That game was way too easy though. Max your magic elemental levels out and you just owned the crap out of stuff.

 

[chuckywang]

From the SMB3 article on there.

The power-ups also added a great deal of variety to the game. No longer content to just shoot fireballs, Mario could now dress up in all sorts of ridiculous suits. The most useful was the leaf, which, of course, gave you raccoon ears, a tail, and the ability to fly. But you could also score a tanooki suit, which let you turn into a wicked, invincible statue. Then there was the frog suit, which was weak on land but gave you great swimming abilities. There was also the Hammer Brothers suit. And the list goes on and on.

Uhh..actually I think the list doesn't go on and on. I think that's it.

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
From the SMB3 article on there.

The power-ups also added a great deal of variety to the game. No longer content to just shoot fireballs, Mario could now dress up in all sorts of ridiculous suits. The most useful was the leaf, which, of course, gave you raccoon ears, a tail, and the ability to fly. But you could also score a tanooki suit, which let you turn into a wicked, invincible statue. Then there was the frog suit, which was weak on land but gave you great swimming abilities. There was also the Hammer Brothers suit. And the list goes on and on.

Uhh..actually I think the list doesn't go on and on. I think that's it.

There was that boot that you could jump into in World 5, this other suite that made you look like a full on raccoon (moresoe than the leaf), the hammer used to bust rocks, standard mushrooms, stars, and mario acquiring the ability to swim. Maybe more, I'm not sure...

 

[mjrpes3]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
secret of mana

LOL that was the first thought in my mind too. SoM was great... in a class of its own.

CT wasn't that bad either

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: chuckywang
From the SMB3 article on there.

The power-ups also added a great deal of variety to the game. No longer content to just shoot fireballs, Mario could now dress up in all sorts of ridiculous suits. The most useful was the leaf, which, of course, gave you raccoon ears, a tail, and the ability to fly. But you could also score a tanooki suit, which let you turn into a wicked, invincible statue. Then there was the frog suit, which was weak on land but gave you great swimming abilities. There was also the Hammer Brothers suit. And the list goes on and on.

Uhh..actually I think the list doesn't go on and on. I think that's it.

There was that boot that you could jump into in World 5, this other suite that made you look like a full on raccoon (moresoe than the leaf), the hammer used to bust rocks, standard mushrooms, stars, and mario acquiring the ability to swim. Maybe more, I'm not sure...

Boot isn't really a suit. The rest of the suits have already been mentioned by the quote.

 

[GeneValgene]

chrono resurrection

omg...check out these screenshots. this game would have been unbelievable, if square hadn't ordered them to shut it down

 

[SaturnX]

Fantastic game, bought it for my PSOne not too long ago!

 

[BD2003]

That CT remake looks killer. It a shame they shut it down - they could have easiliy licensed it and made money from it.

Here's hoping that in 5-10 years, square finally realizes how much of a soft spot people have for the old SNES game. Maybe if we're lucky, theyll make PS3 (better yet, PS4 - I can wait) remakes of SoM, CT, and FF II, III, V (Jap) and VII. Full voice acting, the newest 3d tech etc..I would buy them all in a heartbeat - especially SoM and CT. And nintendo needs to remake a link to the past, and yoshi's island (best platformer EVER) ASAP as well.