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Best RPG on Super Nintendo

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game features quite possibly some of the best replay value ever. Restarting the game with New Game+ let's you play from the beggining with all of your stats, weapons, items, etc. Making it very easy and very fun to see all of the ending sequences. Not only that, but it has a very well written original story. Traveling through time is a blast too. BUY THIS GAME!!

One of my favorite RPGs ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 27, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Chrono Trigger, released in 1995 by Squaresoft for the long-obsolete (but never forgotten) SNES, is one of the greatest RPGs ever to be assembled. There are a series of pros, and only very few cons.

The pros:
-For 16 bits, the soundtrack is teriffic.
-Same story with the graphics and sound effects.
-The battle system is one of the best Square ever came up with.
-The originality rate of this game is very high as well.

Ultimately, the only con is that parts of the game are a wee bit too easy for some tastes. However, in spite of this fact, I would highly recommend this game to anyone who:
A. Owns an SNES.
B. Is into RPGs.
C. Wants something that will truly mean something in the years to come (it's ten years old now.)

Buy it if you are a fan of other Squaresoft role-players, such as the massive 'Final Fantasy' series, the somewhat more obscure 'Mana' series, and also, 'Chrono Cross,' which is somewhat of a followup to this, though none of the characters from this are present, it's still excellent. This may be rare and expensive, but it still comes highly recommended.

Best RPG ever made!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Chrono Trigger in my opinion is the greatest RPG ever made. This game has everything that makes an RPG great and memorable. A really good story, great characters, awesome music, unique worlds and multiple endings make it not just the best RPG but also one of the best overall games ever made. The graphics may not be up to what you see today but that doesnt matter at all. A game can look like a movie but if it doesnt have any substance beyond that its not even worth playing. If your a true diehard fan of RPGS and you grew up in the era of the Super NES and you still like those games instead of the crap they make now then you will love this game. I wish Square would decide to remake chrono trigger and also secret of mana for gameboy advance. If they are going to bring out all the final fantasies they need to do some of there other classics as well.

A SNES classic and a RPG masterpiece

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Near the end of the SNES' cycle, Square released 2 games: Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI. Talk about being on a roll. Both are considered classics of not only RPG's but games in general as they're usually in the Top 10 of all time lists. What makes these 2 games stand out is that one was heavy on story but not so much on graphics while the other had a marginally interesting story but great graphics(for its time). This review is for Chrono Trigger(obviously).

Story: Crono attends the Millenial Fair in Leene Square(1000 AD) and bumps into Marle. Both of them have fun while Crono's friend Lucca is preparing her latest invention. They discover it's a Star Trek style transporter. Crono tries and so far so good until Marle does and she disappears. Eventually through some time hopping they find out a beast known as Lavos brought destruction on the land in the year 1999. So Crono, Marle, Lucca and a number of friends have to save the world from its future destruction.

Graphics: Back in the SNES days, these were cool. Unlike the sprite-y FF overhead graphics, these were quite detailed. Nowadays of course they're pitiful but we still love Tetris right? The world graphics look definately ugly, especially the characters. Also improved is the battle graphics, no longer do people make just one sword move, now they swipe, do a double slash, or do a special move.

Sound/Music: Yasunori Mitsuda supplied the music and of course it's just as good as any soundtrack. Lively themes and great pieces are throughout the game. One thing you might find is that it's not immediately catchy but you end up loving the track as you're listening, then hum it later.

Gameplay: It's like Attack/Magic/Item except Magic is part of a big group called Tech. Only 2 characters are not given a basic elemental(Crono has lightning, Lucca has fire etc) so someone like Marle can cast Ice style magic on her opponents. Also there's things called Tech attacks. One example is Crono's Cyclone where he can spin around which'll also nail any surrounding enemies. But then you can do a Double Tech so the same Cyclone but couple it with Lucca's fire will create Fire Whirl and there's many more such as coupling 2 Cure's to create a big refresher spell. There's even Triple Techs, highly damaging attacks.

Unlike Final Fantasy's much-maligned random encounters, Trigger's enemies appear on screen and you can even slink by and avoid some fights although sometimes they're mandatory. One thing that helps with the game depending on how you go about it is the game never gets way too easy that you breeze through it. But then again it's not frustrating as hell. Usually the difference between a successful battle and being owned is a couple levels and some strategy. But the enemies/bosses are still gonna put up a fight.

The only real place to play the game is to spend heavy money on Ebay or a luck out on a bargain bin or to buy the Chronicles release, or as a last resort using Roms and emulators. Either way, don't miss out on this awesome game.

Best Game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I remember gettin this game when i was like 8.. Been playing it ever since.. All the rpg games now-a-days started from this.. great fightingstyle.. great story that starts out wit chrono and marle as she dissappears back in time to 600 ad.. as you try to save the world from the almighty lavos, you are joined by other characters.. first game that uses combos specials wit fluency.. i definitely recommend this game.. this game is very rare..

Square is Amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: March 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Chrono Trigger is flat out on my best list game.I actually wasn't interested in it thinking it was a stupid RPG. I was Wrong. It was the most addictive and fun thing of all time. I stayed up for hours into the night (for many nights) beating it.This game has everything,a good main charecter,crono who has wicked swords and fire magic,a robot who has super strong phsical attacks,a cave women who is very well balanced between Physical and magic attacks.You also get some other charecters like a sword weilding frog, a princess, and another girl.This game also has a good story line.Basically you accidently travel back in time and mess up the world.It's very interesting.I suggest anyone who owns a Snes buy this game.Although it is rare and hard to find(and kinda expensive)you might try finding it for the playstation.Square released Chrono Trigger and an awesome Final Fantasy game never before released in the U.S.for playstation.It was released on a two disc set and will be cheap if you can find it.Basically Im saying this game rocks and you should get it.

This is the BEST RPG EVER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: November 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I first got this game in 1997 and I am fortunate enough to still have the game and I am still playing it today. I have played many games, especially RPG's including Final Fantasy VII, Secret Of Evermore, etc. and Chrono Trigger is absolutely the best RPG I have played. The music is EXCELLENT, the characters are great, and the storyline is awesome. The game starts out with you as a kid, probably in your teens, you go to the festival of time and see your friends. An accident occurs with a machine and the long story begins. You travel through time trying to get back to your home, and trying to repair the future. I love this game so much, I cannot just tell you how much I love it, you just have to try it yourself. This is the BEST RPG I have ever played, even better than Final Fantasy in my opinon (I like those games a lot too).

The Best Dang RPG Game Period

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i played this game on computer on as emulator when i played the game even though the controls were hard it was on a PC it was still a cool game the story was good music great i mean i did not beat it but still to this day i want to play it again and beat and then after that beat it again... well i don't know about that but still a good game a must have

I liked the game enough but maybe my timing was off.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I finally played Chrono Trigger last year (2005)and it was fun. One thing I am not a fan of is if I do, or don't do, one thing that means I do not get the great armor, weapon etc.;I had the guide so I did get a sense of the multiple endings. If you enjoy rpg's and you like the look of Secret of Evermore (my favorite) or Final Fantasy III then you will like this game too.
There is a good size world to investigate, and I did like the time factor and seeing the differences it made to the terrain and the new people to talk to. I can see why people give it a perfect score, and why it would be near and dear to some people. That is why I say at the top that I think scoring has to do with when you play a game. It all melds together for a near and dear experience or a "yeah that was fun" kind of game. Anybody who plays a role-playing game knows to grab a pen and paper when they start the game and you will need to do some note taking for this one too.

Great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: November 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I beat this game it is easy it is easy to get the charecters there is Marly luca frog robot avan to easy I beat it like 100 times

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