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It's about time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

There are many who feel that Chrono Trigger is the greatest game ever made. Certainly it is one of the greatest RPGs ever made, in my own experience equaled only perhaps by Final Fantasy VII (never did care for any other Final Fantasy games). It's a rolicking-good-time for fans of adventure and sci-fi, and as RPGs go a whole lot of fun. More than that, the genius of its design and brilliance of its story is not debatable. It's legendary. Even better, it makes for a game that's fun!

When I first started the game I was wondering exactly how the game would make me feel. I like the deep story of RPGs, but hate dungeon crawling, random battles, and that very irritating feeling of having absolutely no idea where to go next to get the story moving again. I need not have feared, though. Chrono trigger has no random battles, it's castles and dungeons are brief not every-lasting, and thankfully, you will always know where to go next.

The story starts with you in your village on the day of the millenial fair, and you quickly meet a girl there and (using your friend's new teleportation machine) find the girl gone and yourself back in time trying to rescue a queen who has been kidnapped (and who your friend has been mistaken for because {surprise, surprise} she is the crown princess and the descent of that queen. You have some adventures come back to your time, get put on trial for kidnapping the princess, and see one of the greatest scenes in any videogame ever, as all your actions in the first hour of the game are played back as evidence against or for you. Eventually you get out of that situation (one way or another) and find yourself again traveling through time, only to find that the world was destroyed by a monster far in the future, unless you can stop it...

The prologue is awesome but the main story of the game is really amazing. You have all the classic trapping of a great legend, from a hero turned into an animal, to an ancient sword that has to be reforged, to a princess and an unlikely hero out to save the world. That's enough to make a good game. What propels Chrono Trigger into greatness is the power the story is given by the strength of the characters and writing, and absolutely fantastic presentation and gameplay. The game is loaded with humor character, from the little girl accusing you of not rescuing her cat at the trial, to a tiny furry creature who is the master magician (and keeps popping up in different times doing everything from hiking on the mountain of monsters to playing rag-time on the piano in an inn), from the goblins who wonder why you just popped out of a time portal in their closet to the Frog who talks in noble Shakesparian and the cute robot you find in the future. There were so many times when I played this game and felt real joy in the moments it presented. When I first discovered the robot in the future and his theme played, I felt attached to him instantly (he's so cuuuute), and when the hero frog leapt off saying he had failed to protect the queen, I felt so bad for him (he was really handy with sword and saved by bacon). That's the kind of thing that gets to you. I haven't felt that way about an RPG since Xenosaga's Cyborg said "Call me Ziggy", and Final Fantasy VII had girls asking a certain brooding hero whether he remembered his promise or would be their bodyguard.

It cannot be overstated how much the lack of random battles, and the constant boss battles (which you will almost always win) increase the amount of fun you have with this game. The excellent battle system which highly encourages teamwork amoung your party keeps you constantly on your toes and nervous that you could lose the battle, and never gets tedious or frustrating. The graphics may be old-school, but that about as good sprite-based graphics get. The music is very atmospheric and catchy, and the main themes are just beautiful. The story twists and turns, and how you play can determine the way certain events unfold (the game has more than one ending and you can even play past the "end"). But above all, the story and characters are just impossible not to love if you like a good story. If you like RPGs and don't mind if they're a little old, you will LOVE this game.

THE BEST GAME I EVER PLAYED

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Just because you've played Final Fantasy VII(Playstation) or The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion(Xbox 360,Playstation 3, PC), that doesn't make you a true RPG gamer until you play Chrono Trigger. I like this game better than Final Fantasy II, III, and Mystic Quest on my SNES simply because it plays better, it's more accessible to the RPG-impared, and there aren't very many random encounters. I never figured this game would end up being #1 on my top ten favorite games list(especially since it's surrounded by shooters, and loads of other genres that don't include the RPG genre), but somehow won over me and I grew to love this game with a passion because it's so f***ing amazing. I have never experienced a game this epic before in my life, which is another reason why you must buy this game(Either for SNES or PS1). And like the fans of Final Fantasy VII demanding a remake of the game for PS3 and 360, Chrono fans demand a remake of the series for the same platforms(With maybe the possibility of releasing Chrono Break). Come on Square Enix, what the hell are you waiting for ?!

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..

Best RPG I have ever played!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Since I was very young, I played the first Final Fantasy for Nintendo. It was a bit corny at the time (since Super Nintendo was already released) but I enjoyed it a lot. I have played almost every Square RPG released. Even after all of them, including Final Fantasy 7, Chrono Trigger is still the greatest game I have ever played.
The main character in the game is YOU. YOU are Crono, many people thought he was mute, but in the game you talk for him. The depth of the ALL characters are amazing. The dialogue was superb.
I personally don't think any other game has a plot better than this one. Crono's death was far more moving that the death of Aeris in Final Fantasy 7 (although that part was pretty sad!). Bottom line, even by today's standards, the story is incredible.
Unlike many other RPG's, even the smallest action could lead to a different ending. Depending on what you choose to say or do, the outcome can be different. The ending for Chrono Trigger is the best game ending I have ever seen!! Not to mention there's over a dozen endings.
Another great feature, the fighting engine. It's not like the "random battle" fighting engine that always aggravated me Final Fantasy. You can actually see the enemy before the attack you. In some parts of the game, you can even do stealth kills (when Crono is put in jail, when the team is captured in the Airship in 12000 B.C.). Also, each character had their own specific abilities. It made them all unique, which was great. I much prefer this idea over the whole "materia" concept. And the team actually works as a TEAM!! There are magical AND physical skills than uses two or even three members of the team working together. If you have a game with a lot of characters fighting together, doesn't it make sense for them to work together?
This is the most under rated game ever made. It was quite popular in Japan, mainly because the creator of Dragon Ball Z (which was still hot at the time and not in North America yet) had a big part in the game. If you decide to play it now, the Playstation version is ok, since it has cool video made by the great Toriyama (creator of Dragon Ball Z). The graphics are lousy, but way ahead of it's time considering the age of this game.
Too bad Square Enix, or whatever the hell they're called now, has no plans to do anything with this franchise. Seems all they can do is ruin them. This game was royally screwed over with its less than worthy sequel Chrono Cross, which I never intend to play. I tried once, once is enough.

I know most people first RPG experience from Squaresoft was probably Final Fantasy 7. Compared to Chrono Trigger, FF7 is weak, VERY weak. Final Fantasy 6 was the greatest of the series, period. And Chrono Trigger was the greatest game ever made!

A Pinnacle

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 01, 2007
Author: Amazon User

What more could one possibly add? Chrono Trigger rocks in any epoch.

First, you've got a somewhat easy plot--time travelers attempting to avert apocalypse--but then thrown in is the fresh and startling idea of an omnipotent stellar parasite. It's amazing what imagination gets packed into these 16 bits. The end of time. Zeal. Mystics and Magus. Twists and turns shake out as personalities start reappearing in different guises, chunks of backstory from each character. The battle system is heavenly, typical RPG ATB plus a new added geometric strategy. Everything's streamlined, from the tecs to armor shopping. Graphics are beautiful and somehow simultaneously fun, sound effects spice it up just right.

The soundtrack is a model of the video game score, and Mitsuda's tunes are rightly among the mainstays of the genre. The quartal fanfare of the main theme, the gentle town melodies, the truly haunting overworld tune, the ghastly Magus dirge, the trial background, Robo's electropop track, and Frog's tripletty song, all simply marvelous.

The game remains as fun as it was when debuting.

Great Game, but can get it cheaper.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: September 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I must say Chrono Trigger is one of the greatest RPGs ever. I didnt even get into RPGs until Chrono Trigger came out. One thing that baffles me though is why people consider this game a rare find and sell it for way too much for a SNES game for these days. Under Game Review Mag and Nintedo Magazine, its considered a "common" game to find. I found the game at a local nostalgia game store for $8. But with that, if for some reason you cant find it outside of online for a cheap buy, you might as well on here because it is recommended as a great game for any price/

I agree.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is already one of my favorites of all time and I only played it for the first time about two months ago. I did, however, rent it toward the end of my third grade year but when my dad and I went to buy it, they'd stopped selling most SNES games and replaced them with Playstation and N64 all over. But I downloaded this game on an Emulator and finally got to play it again as well as Final Fantasy III (VI), a game I unfortunately never got to play. But all the Final Fantasies are gonna be on the Gameboy Advance pretty soon and I expect this game to be as well, someday. Here's my review.

The graphics of this game are awesome. Even SNES games can have incredible graphics. In fact, the graphics here almost surpass many games even today. The storyline is awesome. I won't spoil it, even though some other reviewers already did. But the gameplay is the best of any RPG. Three of the Final Fantasy games should have had this style of gameplay instead of what they did have, which made them very frustrating. All the others are fine, though. I found this game somewhat easy, but I don't mean so much so that it's a breeze, but you'll still find yourself getting stuck on a couple of battles for a while, stop playing for a week, come back and and say 'ahh, I did it...'

Overall, I'd play this game over anything today. Ever since video games started looking more like movies, companies just seem to focus on making a game look great instead of having incredible storylines like the games of the SNES era almost all did. I've played Doom 3, Quake 4, Halo, and a ton of other movie games that I only enjoyed for a short amount of time before I just sort of decided to move on to something else. I've had Final Fantasy IV, VII, VIII, IX, and X for years and years and years and I play those more than anything else. Among my favorite video games ever, include The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past, Super Mario RPG, all the Mario Bro's games, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Super Mario 64. These are all games I grew up with, and I only wish Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy III (VI) could have been a part of my life back then as well.

incredible in every way...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Squaresoft has released three great games in its history: Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VII, and Chrono Trigger. Of the three, this title falls somewhere in the middle. Overall it simply lacks the incredible story depth and character development of FFVI but it does have several strong points that make it easily one of the best video games of all time.

While the story is the most important part of a game in this genre, the graphics are the true standout here, perhaps the best of the SNES era. The battle effects and enemy animations are nothing short of incredible for the console. Square did an amazing job of developing lush environments that make the experience unforgettable. The music is also very strong, particularly later in the course of the game. The battle system is modified (with good results) quite a bit from the FF series--characters can combine abilities in battle and random enemy encounters are eliminated. Chrono Trigger has a great and imaginitve storyline, combined with the best graphics and sound the SNES has to offer (even if they are highly primitive by today's standards). The result is a true masterpiece.

This game lacks nothing and is another one of those magical SNES titles that all gamers today should go back and experience whether it be again or for the first time. Chrono Trigger is a masterpiece and it's extremely unlikely that a game of its caliber will ever be released again.

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.

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.

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