CHRONO TRIGGER

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JokiseOlli Feb 28, 2018 @ 2:11am
Most overrated game of all time?
I finished this a long time ago and I recently tried to playthrough it again. I couldn't get past 5 hours or so, the plot and characters just don't grab me. I like the OST though, but good OST only isn't enough to make a game GOAT-tier.
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Vayne Feb 28, 2018 @ 4:25pm 
Originally posted by Ki11s0n3:
Originally posted by Dardrin Woof:
OP's favorite game is Witcher III and he complains about overrated games, wow.
You watch your mouth when you talk about The Witcher

Witcher 3 is overrated
Orion1189 Feb 28, 2018 @ 4:39pm 
Originally posted by JokiseOlli:
Originally posted by Rampage:
lol no its the best game of all time, objectively

Not even close, mate. The plot is generic back to the future time travelling stuff with save the world from evil anime plot. Characters are too generic: you have your high tech robot, silent protagonist and even a generic cave woman. Combat is too slow for todays standards.
If you only made it 5 hours in, I don't think you can say much about the overall plot. There's more to it than that. But if the game isn't for you, then it isn't for you. It's a beloved classic for good reason. And it's not nostalgia either. I had never played the game before a few years ago, and after finishing my first playthrough of it, it immediately shot up to my #2 spot of favorite games (Shadow of the Colossus remains my favorite).
Dr. Raven Feb 28, 2018 @ 5:13pm 
Originally posted by JokiseOlli:
I finished this a long time ago and I recently tried to playthrough it again. I couldn't get past 5 hours or so, the plot and characters just don't grab me. I like the OST though, but good OST only isn't enough to make a game GOAT-tier.
Chronotrigger is perfectly fine, it just hasn't aged all that well.


Final Fantasy 6 is in the same boat, often regarded as the best mainline FF game by the fans. Good for it's time, just okay by nowadays standards in my opinion. ATB feels really slow, random battles feel like an archaic game design, main character with some form of memory loss feels like the laziest writing you could have, characters gaining stats on level depending upon what espers they had equipped feels like bad game design contradictory of grinding which jrpgs are known for practically.


For it's time none of these things were considered issues rather than instead the norm and it was considered the genre perfected. Despite the fact that none of that is nowadays impressive it doesn't mean it wasn't ground breaking for it's time.





Originally posted by Dr. Gori:
Sorry Breath of the Wild took that title a year ago.
I really don't get this. I feel like a lot people saying this haven't ever played the game and feel threatened that a good game released on a platform they hate. It broke a lot Zelda molds, actually made open world games fun rather than busy work.


In my personal opinion, Mario Odyssey deserves the flak Breathe of the Wild gets. Nearly identical reviewer scores, but Odyssey feels like just a modern Mario game, with so many clashing game designs that ruined the experience for me, with less content that's nearly all recycled throughout the game, and yet no one gives a ♥♥♥♥ about calling it overrated because they only felt threatened by the first supposed "perfect" game that came out on the console they hate.
Last edited by Dr. Raven; Feb 28, 2018 @ 7:12pm
Zeikar Feb 28, 2018 @ 5:38pm 
Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy 6 are my favorite SNES RPGs
Swan Knight Feb 28, 2018 @ 5:39pm 
Chrono Trigger is considered to be the best video game ever made.
And still it's underrated...
Last edited by Swan Knight; Feb 28, 2018 @ 5:40pm
Grizzled Grizzly Feb 28, 2018 @ 6:29pm 
Originally posted by High Elf:
Chrono Trigger is considered to be the best video game ever made.
And still it's underrated...

Most definitely. I'll never forget that great soundtrack. All with a 16 bit platform to work with.
MangoMan Feb 28, 2018 @ 6:31pm 
Originally posted by Panopticon:
Alternate thread title: "What game do you not like that the majority loves?"
Resident Evil 4
Halflife 1 and 2
The Binding of Isaac
Ludus Aurea Feb 28, 2018 @ 6:32pm 
Get out. Chrono Trigger is by no means whatsoever overrated. It's heralded as the best JRPG of all time for a reason - it's the best.


Originally posted by JokiseOlli:
I finished this a long time ago and I recently tried to playthrough it again. I couldn't get past 5 hours or so, the plot and characters just don't grab me. I like the OST though, but good OST only isn't enough to make a game GOAT-tier.

....

Then you can't prove you ever finished it, can you?

There's nothing overrated about it. It had a unique combast system never before seen, combined ATB (Unless you're a little ♥♥♥♥♥ and play it in wait mode, which is just slow ATB) with multi-character combo techs that differed on party composition. It had a fantastic story, despite some plot holes, with well written characters for as basic of a game as it really is being from the SNES era, a stellar soundtrack still among the best soundtracks in gaming history, the unique art style of Toriyama, and, as a 16 bit game, it literally had better graphics in 1995 than FF7 did in 1997.

Leave. Delete your Steam account.
Last edited by Ludus Aurea; Feb 28, 2018 @ 6:39pm
Originally posted by JokiseOlli:
I finished this a long time ago and I recently tried to playthrough it again. I couldn't get past 5 hours or so, the plot and characters just don't grab me. I like the OST though, but good OST only isn't enough to make a game GOAT-tier.
FWIW, this particular version is...let's just say, not exactly regarded as the best version of this game. In general people seem to consider the SNES and/or DS versions to be either as good or better, for a variety of reasons, including aesthetic and interface reasons.

Just curious, how far are you into the game? Like, what plot events have you gotten to, so far?

A number of JRPGs have what could be considered slow starts, though Chrono Trigger is arguably relatively fast compared to some others.

Also, how long ago did you play this game the first time?
Last edited by Quint the Alligator Snapper; Feb 28, 2018 @ 6:42pm
Trickson Feb 28, 2018 @ 6:57pm 
When Chrono Trigger first came out in 1995, there wasn't anything on any other console to rival it except maybe Final Fantasy 3. Both of them are regarded as 2 of the best rpg's of all time, although i liked Chrono Trigger a lot more.
Swan Knight Feb 28, 2018 @ 6:59pm 
Originally posted by Trickson:
When Chrono Trigger first came out in 1995, there wasn't anything on any other console to rival it except maybe Final Fantasy 3. Both of them are regarded as 2 of the best rpg's of all time, although i liked Chrono Trigger a lot more.

Still there is nothing like Chrono Trigger.
That's why this lame port brought to steam is an offense to anyone who ever played the original SNES version.
LockDown Feb 28, 2018 @ 11:15pm 
Originally posted by JokiseOlli:
I finished this a long time ago and I recently tried to playthrough it again. I couldn't get past 5 hours or so, the plot and characters just don't grab me. I like the OST though, but good OST only isn't enough to make a game GOAT-tier.

You are a worthless excuse for a gamer. Hand in your gamer card, delete your account, and go take up something like stamp collecting.
LockDown Feb 28, 2018 @ 11:17pm 
Originally posted by Griever_GF:
Yeah, it's overrated, I absolutely agree - boring ethers & MP, little amount of characters, childish, disgusting Toriyama character design... Try Chrono Cross - it so much better.

You to. Ethers & MP? Like every other JRPG? Little amount of characters? Six/Seven isn't enough? Childish disgusting character design? LOL. Wot?

No, Chrono Cross is awful. Combat system was medicore. Story was not as good. And hey you get like 30 characters! 90% of which are 100% irrelevant to the story. HEY RANDOM SCARECROW WANNA JOIN MA PARTY?!

Loser.
KaosReigns Mar 1, 2018 @ 1:48am 
Originally posted by The Matlock:
Originally posted by Griever_GF:
Yeah, it's overrated, I absolutely agree - boring ethers & MP, little amount of characters, childish, disgusting Toriyama character design... Try Chrono Cross - it so much better.

You to. Ethers & MP? Like every other JRPG? Little amount of characters? Six/Seven isn't enough? Childish disgusting character design? LOL. Wot?

No, Chrono Cross is awful. Combat system was medicore. Story was not as good. And hey you get like 30 characters! 90% of which are 100% irrelevant to the story. HEY RANDOM SCARECROW WANNA JOIN MA PARTY?!

Loser.

In fairness CC had its own unique charm to it. Yes it was different, and it really only came together when you actually figure out Kid and the entire connection to Chrono Trigger. Most miss this, which is actually the best part of this title.

I do agree they had too many useless chars that just didnt add to the story though, which was a difference to CT.

Chrono Trigger, EVERY character is relevant, even Magus (the actual evil one). Which OP that hasnt played the game seems to have forgotten.

Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross connection is in the spoiler. There is more than what I have listed, but thats basically the direct connection people miss.

Serge (the male MC) is actually a time ♥♥♥♥♥♥ from events created during CT. Kid, is a child from CT that was shifted to CC word due to events in CT. Basically Serge isnt real, and Kid is from an alternate world. Pay attention to Lucca and what she ran.
Last edited by KaosReigns; Mar 1, 2018 @ 1:53am
۞PReTo۞ Mar 1, 2018 @ 2:29am 
lol overrated is final fantasy
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