Every review website is prone to blatant amounts of hyperbole and grandiose, all-encompassing statements made by people who completely lack the necessary foresight and experience to make them.
I'm about to use my one free pass for such statements here: Chrono Cross is the best JRPG of all time. Hell, it's probably the best sequel of all time. Play Chrono Trigger first, and then go into Chrono Cross without any pretenses of what a Chrono game should be that you may have picked up from others' opinions, or whether or not this is "truly" a sequel to Trigger.
Radical Dreamers (released in 1996 for the SNES via Satellavision) is a mandatory companion piece and sister story (specifically for the sake of understanding Kid, the deuteragonist of Cross), but best saved for after playing Cross despite having been released earlier.
I'm about to use my one free pass for such statements here: Chrono Cross is the best JRPG of all time. Hell, it's probably the best sequel of all time. Play Chrono Trigger first, and then go into Chrono Cross without any pretenses of what a Chrono game should be that you may have picked up from others' opinions, or whether or not this is "truly" a sequel to Trigger.
Radical Dreamers (released in 1996 for the SNES via Satellavision) is a mandatory companion piece and sister story (specifically for the sake of understanding Kid, the deuteragonist of Cross), but best saved for after playing Cross despite having been released earlier.
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haha, thanks, I'm so glad they resonate. and it sure is! fucking unreal they're playing a set this year isn't it?
yo wait what???? they are??? im not online at all so i had no idea
I just want to say, you were one of the people who changed the trajectory of how I thought about games. This review legitimately shook my worldview. I'm forever greatful to you, Woodaba and poyfuh for all your help.
holy shit, that's incredibly high praise. thank you so much, i'm glad i made some kind of impact on you - this review in particular feels a little vapid in my eyes because it elucidates so little on just why i think chrono cross is special, as my favorite game of all time and favorite work of narrative fiction in general. i simply have so much to say about it and so many feelings associated with it that are so specific and unique to me specifically that it feels like i can never say enough about this game.
but even so, i guess a little can do a lot. thank you, again!
but even so, i guess a little can do a lot. thank you, again!
raisingcanes
1 year ago