At this point it almost feels contrarian to say that Chrono Trigger is pretty good but far from the best JRPG of all time.
I had the benefit of not playing this one or having any direct exposure to it as a kid. In fact, I might not have even known it existed until sometime around 2000 when a friend of mine started playing Chrono Cross. My lack of attachment for the series still causes me to confuse the titles of both games.
I played this for the first time only a couple years ago, and partly because I was trying to impress someone who was a fan of the game. I was pleasantly surprised! It's pretty good, and while I don't think it totally lives up to the hype, I had a great time with it.
For me the draw was mainly its story and characters. I found each member of your main party to be pretty charming, and it's a lot of fun to screw around in the different epochs and see how things change. It's also very novel that you can challenge the final boss at any time and get a number of different endings depending on what you've done prior to taking him on. However, I found the game to be very slow paced in places and am also not very likely to go after additional endings because of that. Combat in particular feels like a slog, I just didn't find it to be very dynamic or interesting until later in the game when it starts to demand more of you.
It also has Frog. How can you possibly hate a game with Frog?
I had the benefit of not playing this one or having any direct exposure to it as a kid. In fact, I might not have even known it existed until sometime around 2000 when a friend of mine started playing Chrono Cross. My lack of attachment for the series still causes me to confuse the titles of both games.
I played this for the first time only a couple years ago, and partly because I was trying to impress someone who was a fan of the game. I was pleasantly surprised! It's pretty good, and while I don't think it totally lives up to the hype, I had a great time with it.
For me the draw was mainly its story and characters. I found each member of your main party to be pretty charming, and it's a lot of fun to screw around in the different epochs and see how things change. It's also very novel that you can challenge the final boss at any time and get a number of different endings depending on what you've done prior to taking him on. However, I found the game to be very slow paced in places and am also not very likely to go after additional endings because of that. Combat in particular feels like a slog, I just didn't find it to be very dynamic or interesting until later in the game when it starts to demand more of you.
It also has Frog. How can you possibly hate a game with Frog?