2020 still with bugs?

[ConradoTV]

2020 still with bugs?
So my dears, I want to play this classic for the first time, I would like to know if the game is really 100% optimized? I saw that there were several adversities in its launch, right?

[methos]

whether it's 2020,2030,3900 or any other year,it's not going to make any difference,

if you think an update can fix all the bugs in a game I invite you to go to your nearest butcher shop and buy 500 grams of fresh brains.
in case you don't know about it you should know that every update that fixes bugs also adds new ones.

[Synavix]

I've only just started playing this version of the game in the last week or two, so I'm not sure if there are any late-game problems. But so far I've only had minor issues.

Controller joystick controls are really bad. You can either fix this through steam settings or just use keyboard or d-pad controls and it's just fine that way.

The UI has some weird issues that I don't like, such as the Quit button being hidden in the settings menu or being unable to take screenshots of the cinematics.

But I've had nothing gamebreaking or really technical beyond that. No crashes or stuttering, graphics have been fine or better than the original. No issues with save corruption or anything like that.

I think a lot of people still consider the Nintendo DS version of the game to be the best, but beyond that I think this version is the most convenient and still close enough.

[Judeo-communism]

I think I only encountered one or two bugs, and they were extremely minor. This is a great version to play.

[Jaxom]

Originally posted by silverlunar:

whether it's 2020,2030,3900 or any other year,it's not going to make any difference,

if you think an update can fix all the bugs in a game I invite you to go to your nearest butcher shop and buy 500 grams of fresh brains.
in case you don't know about it you should know that every update that fixes bugs also adds new ones.

Wow. This could of been said with out the harshness. Gosh.

[Wiggles]

Still has bugs....

Controller support very poor. The X and Y buttons are backwards, even when you change them in the settings. Furthermore, if you do change them the Y just stops working - and it controls the menu, so you can't change it back. You're stuck.

Certain scenes in the game require a button to be pressed - but the game doesn't recognise the input from a controller, you need to press the equivalent keyboard button...

[Jouchebag]

Originally posted by Wiggles:

Still has bugs....

Controller support very poor. The X and Y buttons are backwards, even when you change them in the settings. Furthermore, if you do change them the Y just stops working - and it controls the menu, so you can't change it back. You're stuck.

Certain scenes in the game require a button to be pressed - but the game doesn't recognise the input from a controller, you need to press the equivalent keyboard button...

Stop whining and use a keyboard then. The game is based on the touch-screen DS version, for craps sake. You can play almost entirely with a mouse.

You can also use Steam's built-in controller config to fix your problems.

[Sifer2]

There are still bugs. Apparently it somehow skipped notice the games combat runs faster than other versions lol. As mentioned in other topics your better off playing the SNES or DS versions if you can get access to them. Otherwise this version is better than mobile.

[Serafie1999AD]

Originally posted by Sifer2:

There are still bugs. Apparently it somehow skipped notice the games combat runs faster than other versions lol.

How is this a bug? To many people, this is an improvement since it makes the battles more exciting and fast-paced.

[Elazul]

This is ultimately a port of the mobile version of the game. The SNES version of the game was the definitive edition. Everything since has had problems.

[Turbo Nozomix]

Chrono Trigger on Steam released as a total trainwreck and only received 5 small modest patches which didn't address the core issues of the game. After the 5 patches, the Steam version of CT is still, by far, the very worst release of the game yet.

SNES > DS >> PS1 > pre-March 2018 mobile > post March-2018 mobile / Steam.

Originally posted by Turbo Nozomix:

If there are lots of people supporting wildly different opinions (and there are), then getting a definitive clear answer might not be possible until opinions become more agreed with each other.

In my view, the SNES version is the best version to play. But, here's a list of the different versions' characteristics.



The PC Steam version has:

- the NDS translation: https://steamcommunity.com/app/613830/discussions/0/1744468917519536501/
- the off-colouring of the NDS version: https://imgur.com/eAfZ8wq
- an option between an ugly visual filter and no filter which looks jarringly pixelated
- a font that is ugly and can be difficult to read
- a UI that is a bit ugly, and that looks quickly thrown together and incomplete, and that doesn't really conform to the game's aesthetics
- most of the PS1 cutscenes with no option to disable them (the cutscenes contradict the game, though)
- clunkier zone music transitions than the SNES version (and maybe the NDS version, haven't verified)
- a messed-up time-travel animation
- has the mini-games re-balanced for touch screens (making them too easy)
- has bugs
- has slow-downs
- doesn't have the NDS version's additional content
- can make use of widescreen resolutions
- has 60 FPS



The NDS version has:

- the NDS translation: https://steamcommunity.com/app/613830/discussions/0/1744468917519536501/
- the off-colouring of the NDS version: https://imgur.com/eAfZ8wq
- a small screen that doesn't need filter options. Or, filter options depending on which emulator it's running in
- a different font than the SNES font but one which works for the NDS' small screen, though it doesn't work well on a larger screen
- a UI that works, though I think that the buttons on the NDS' second screen are ugly and clash with the rest of the game's aesthetics
- the PS1 cutscenes with an option to disable them (the cutscenes contradict the game, though)
- lower resolution than the SNES version (256 x 224 on the SNES version, and 256 × 192 on the NDS version)
- has low-quality sound and music
- has music looping issues where songs can fade out and then restart

The NDS version also has some bonus content which some people like but is of notably lower quality than the original game's content and is criticized for being very grindey while the original game is not. The NDS' bonus content doesn't interact with the main game or its sub-archs and so, I think, feels tacked-on and its presence or absence doesn't affect the original core game.



The SNES version has:

- the SNES translation: https://steamcommunity.com/app/613830/discussions/0/1744468917519536501/
- the proper original colouring: https://imgur.com/eAfZ8wq
- many visual filter options depending on which emulator it's running in
- a visually comfortable and easily-readable font
- no animated cutscenes
- higher resolution than the NDS version (256 x 224 on the SNES version, and 256 × 192 on the NDS version)
- perfect zone music transitions
- no bugs
- doesn't have the NDS' bonus content

[Turbo Nozomix]

Originally posted by Serafie1999AD:

Originally posted by Sifer2:

There are still bugs. Apparently it somehow skipped notice the games combat runs faster than other versions lol.

How is this a bug? To many people, this is an improvement since it makes the battles more exciting and fast-paced.

The SNES version of the game has an option to set the battle speed either faster or slower than the default speed. I expect that other versions do as well, though I haven't checked it out.