Differences of PC Version from SNES/DS?

[MageNicho]

Just wondering what the differences were in the current PC version from the SNES version and the DS version? Furthermore, is this version the "definitive version," or is another better? Thanks very much and have a good day!

[methos]

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[Lightbox]

Hmm... more like:

SNES: Original
PS1: Original + FMVs
DS: Original + FMVs + Extra Dungeons + Arena of Ages + Extra Content
PC: Original + FMVs (minus Finding Robo and Fall of Guardia) + Extra Dungeons + Extra Content (without the Bestiary)

[methos]

Originally posted by Mr. Branford:

I literally just said that: —shorten— wtf.

you made an little error
the arena of ages is not include in the steam version

[TheHunted]

Originally posted by Lightbox:

Hmm... more like:

SNES: Original
PS1: Original + FMVs
DS: Original + FMVs + Extra Dungeons + Arena of Ages + Extra Content
PC: Original + FMVs (minus Finding Robo and Fall of Guardia) + Extra Dungeons + Extra Content (without the Bestiary)

So the DS version has everything the Steam version has plus more?

[sumolagann]

DS has wrong color sprites

So this mobile port also has the bad sprites

[Sifer2]

This version is basically the DS version minus the monster arena/bestiary, and two FMV's. On the plus side there is keyboard, and mouse support I guess. Some say it also runs at 60 fps which makes the game twice as fast so it's harder with active battle lol.

[Turbo Nozomix]

The original SNES version is still the best version of the game.

The Steam version / current mobile version of CT is, by far, the worst version of the game and, to be honest, it's deplorable that SE thought this was an acceptable way to treat what is one of the best RPGs ever made.

SNES > Playstation > pre March 2018 mobile version > DS > post March 2018 mobile version / Steam version

How to make the definitive edition of Chrono Trigger

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

Originally posted by Couthless:

Originally posted by Lightbox:

Hmm... more like:

SNES: Original
PS1: Original + FMVs
DS: Original + FMVs + Extra Dungeons + Arena of Ages + Extra Content
PC: Original + FMVs (minus Finding Robo and Fall of Guardia) + Extra Dungeons + Extra Content (without the Bestiary)

So the DS version has everything the Steam version has plus more?

The DS version is still a heavily-downgraded version of CT.

Originally posted by Turbo Nozomix:

The NDS version of CT is significantly inferior to the SNES version of CT, and not just because of the translation (which could be up to opinion).

- the NDS version has a lower resolution than the SNES version

- the NDS version has music issues that aren't in the SNES version

- the NDS version has a worse font than the SNES version

- the NDS version has a worse UI than the SNES version

- the NDS version has worse colouring than the SNES version

And then there's the NDS version's "bonus" content, which is of sub-par quality and lowers the overall quality standard of the game.

I also don't like that the NDS version has the PS1 cutscenes with no option to turn them off, as those cutscenes are jarring and disruptive, and what they show is contradictory to what actually happens in the game.


So, unless the Steam version of CT receives some major updates to address a host of issues still present with it, the SNES version will remain the best, the definitive, and the most polished version of CT.

[binakalgo]

Originally posted by Sifer2:

This version is basically the DS version minus the monster arena/bestiary, and two FMV's. On the plus side there is keyboard, and mouse support I guess. Some say it also runs at 60 fps which makes the game twice as fast so it's harder with active battle lol.

I was about to ask about it because I felt it harder as I was recieving 4 attacks before my full turn, for the first time since I did my first playthrough 22 years ago, the Giga Gaia and the golems killed me. I thought that it was the "original japanese difficulty" (back then some Japanese devs dulled the difficulty of their game to make it easier for the western customers, or so the legend said).