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Chrono Cross is a truly epic role-playing game experience that has cemented its place in the annals of RPG history.
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Chrono Cross, the sequel to the RPG favorite Chrono Trigger, begins when a young man named Serge realizes that he can travel between dimensions. Soon, he is fighting a war to keep each world alive and find out why he is involved.
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Most fans of Chrono Trigger do not acknowledge it as a sequel, just perhaps a spiritual successor even though how evident and obvious the implications of it are in this game.
But you can’t just deny how beautifully crafted this game is.
A visual marvel. One of the best looking games of the 5th generation. Pre rendered backgrounds are artistically made to look like realistic paintings. The 3D assets are very detailed even the monsters. An example of this is when the Salamander Summon element is cast, It shakes its body and its dewlap accordingly shakes as well like how heavy animals shake their body, individual muscle regions are also shaking. At the time, It’s kinda bizarre but amusing to see it in a PS1 game where assets are just jointed polygons and looks boxy all the time.
The music is very memorable and undoubtedly one of the best of all time and that’s thanks to the hard work and passion of Yasunori Mitsuda. Well except for the normal battle theme, it had bad instrumentation and everyone kinda hated it.
Gameplay is a far cry from Chrono Trigger. No ATB and purely turn-based combat. Element grid is introduced where you can change magic attacks to your preference and also situational. You can also run from boss battles so you can change your strategy if you’re having a hard time. And what I love the most about these battles are the sound effects which sounds amazing for its time.
Story is as deep as you want it to be. If Chrono trigger is the Trunk of the tree, Chrono Cross are it’s branches. Some of the little things you find in Cross would somehow eventually lead to Trigger especially the ending of Cross. 45 playable characters where most of them are pretty redundant, they still have individual stories of their own which somehow breathes life figuratively and literally to the colorful world of Cross may they be little or beneficial to the story.
Overall, a good game.
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Chrono Cross is a truly epic role-playing game experience that has cemented its place in the annals of RPG history.
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