CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION

I was pleasantly surprised to see Chrono Cross on steam. Whilst it has mixed reviews due to mostly pc specific issues (which are indeed worthy of mention) just having the ability to play this game without emulation is a massive win. Never seeing a release in the UK until this very remaster, Chrono Cross seems to be more a cult classic rather than a legendary masterpiece like it's predecessor. It lacks a lot of what made the previous game special and the legendary three who worked on Chrono Trigger (Hironobu Sakaguchi, Yuji Horii and Akira Toriyama) did not return. It saw critical acclaim at the time and sold well but did fall into obscurity and niche status. In the UK the only people I know who are aware of this game are the one's heavily invested in JRPGs as a whole. Time also hasn't been kind with the general fan conseunes being mixed, well the only opinion on a game that matters to me is my own and I have to say...it's pretty bad. Ok, maybe it's not that bad. It is definitely a bad Chrono Trigger sequel, it completely destroys all the lore and absolutely annihilates the character's endings from Chrono Trigger (no spoilers but think Alien 3) and I don't really understand why they did this. There is also incredibly tedious links back to the orignal with some connections being so tenuous that I struggle to comprehend the decisions that went into this game. Despite only being 20 years after the events of Chrono Trigger, Cross feels like a completely different world, the technology doesn't seem consistent, there seems to be more tribes and it basically feels like technology has regressed which we know doesn't happen in Chrono Trigger? Unless I'm mistaken but basically the world building and art design takes a massive hit in favour of more generic JRPG-ness which isn't bad by itself but considering how strong the previous game was, it just feels like a misunderstanding of the original. Ok fine, bad sequel but good game by itself right? Well...no. look, this game is well regarded and has a cult following and also reviewed well at the time but for me personally it's just too much, the 45 party members, the nonsense story, that absolutely insane lore dumps at the end and the combat. Combat is pretty much like everything else wrong with this game, on the surface it seems fine but when you dig into it you find that it's just overcomplicated for the sake of it. It's radically different from Trigger despite still being turn based. Physical attacks can hit multiple times with different strengths but also higher chances to miss if you use a stronger attack, the playing field changes colours to match certain elements that are being cast and spells are finite in combat, there is no MP but there is stamina and really it just feels like it's doing too much and I did not enjoy this system. Essentially this game ia hard carried by it's impeccable soundtrack, somewhat interesting set up as you shift between two parallel worlds and its insane roster of playable characters, the story whilst initially interesting is way too convoluted, it's also hard to ignore this as a sequel when the game is constantly acknowledging the events of Trigger. Look, if you just enjoy JRPGs as a genre then you will probably like this, but as someone who absolutely adores Chrono Trigger just purely as a game more than it being just a JPRG I feel Chrono Cross is actually just pretty bad. If Chrono Trigger was a mega blockbuster, Chrono Cross is direct to video.

Garbage. Chrono Trigger was a masterpiece. If you're expecting that here, you're in for a bad time. Best to pretend this doesn't exist.

Square Enix & Steam = Peace of ♥♥♥♥ Corporations Nicht kaufen -> Nur Abstürze und unspielbar Seit FFXIII ist Square Enix tot für mich. Drecks Firma

Port is working now. Only had it crash like once or twice throughout all my playthroughs. Didn't need any modifications either.

За игру десятку. А вот сам порт на двоечку

This is a low effort remake made based on an emulator playing the game, Square-Enix didn't even try. But I do love Chrono Cross as much as I love Chrono Trigger. It's worth 8 dollars and I will beat it again to celebrate the golden era of SQUARESOFT.

2026年8月の購入レビュー。75％オフ。結論としてはこれでも高い。 他の方の仰る通りクラッシュするバグは健在。性能の問題よりは画面表示設定や 戦闘／フィールドの切り替えに不具合があると思われるのと、開発側がすでに直すつもりがない模様。 とてもではないがフルプライスで買うような内容じゃないのは当時からそうだった。 ここからはGAME、クロノトリガーの後継作かつとどめを刺した作品としてのレビュー。 まず第一にシナリオはクソかと言われるとシナリオは良い出来。 ただしシナリオ内でも誰だお前的なのがわんさか出て来る上、ユーザーおいてけぼり感が否めない。 戦闘の入り方も沢山、違和感がある。どう考えても他の敵も襲ってくるだろという場面で襲ってこなかったりする。もはや不具合レベル。 そして戦闘の仕様を一新しようとした影響で戦闘がクソゲーになった。別ゲームで当時、先に出ていた（１９９８年）ゼノギアスと比較されるためだ。 クロノ・クロスはネームバリューで売れるには売れたが恐ろしいほどの批判をクロノトリガーファンから浴びた作品でもある。 その主としてのダメなところが直っていない。それはＵＩとフィールド間での硬直ロスタイム。 とにかくＵＩがクソな上に無駄な硬直が何度も入る。 ゲームテンポも悪いままだ。 そして仲間にできる数こそ豊富だが、このｹﾞｰﾑは3人バトルを基本とするのはクロノトリガーと同じ。 幻想水滸伝クラスに戦闘で使用可能なキャラはいるものの、活かす場面が少ない（幻想水滸伝は6人パーティー） また、装備品やアクセサリーなどについても序盤からかなりいい加減な仕様。また、クロノトリガーと違いレベル仕様ではないためプレイヤー側が強くなった感が薄い。 良い点を挙げればキャラが多いことと、ユニークなキャラ、そして世界観なのだが それらを全て破壊できるほどクソＵＩのお陰で地に落ちてしまった。 まともに作られていれば良ゲーとして名を遺したのだろうが……改めてセールで買ってクラッシュして やる気もまた失せてと、どこまでもクロノクロスには悩まされる結果に。 ここでポカしてなければゼノギアス→ゼノサーガ→ゼノブレイド のような生き残り方ができたかもしれない残念なゲーム。

El registro dice 10hs jugadas, llevo el triple porque lo juego offline en la Steam Deck cuando viajo por trabajo. Crasheos aparte (se solucionan con un parche que permite que el juego use más de 4gb de RAM), va de lujo en una Steam Deck. ¿El problema? El combate plantea un sistema interesante, pero el juego es muy facil y no representa ningun desafío, ningun jefe te obliga a sacarle jugo al sistema de elementos. ¿La trama? Bastante meh, como los personajes, los que son irrelevantes para el juego, tienen 3 lineas de dialogos cuando los reclutas y no vuelven a ser relevantes (excepto Kid, que recomiendo lleves siempre en el equipo porque al menos aporta algo a la trama, ya de por sí floja). Tuve este juego pendiente desde que mi hermano tenia la PSX en los 90, nunca pude jugarlo porque no entendía ingles y cuando lo tradujeron los fans, siempre lo fui retrasando. Sale el remaster, lo compro emocionado y con todo el amor del mundo soporté solo 20hs, no le voy a dar ni un segundo más. Chronno Trigger le pega 70 vueltas.