I take an extra-long look at one of my favorite RPG's of all time, Chrono Cross on the PS1. I'm sure a lot of people never had the chance (or never gave it the chance) to play it, mainly because it's pretty different than Chrono Trigger. Eight parts in total, available at the playlist. First part is embedded below:
 

I take an extra-long look at one of my favorite RPG's of all time, Chrono Cross on the PS1. I'm sure a lot of people never had the chance (or never gave it the chance) to play it, mainly because it's pretty different than Chrono Trigger. Eight parts in total, available at the playlist. First part is embedded below:
 

I always wanted to try Chrono Cross.  Maybe I should finally check it out.

One of my favorite games ever. I want to replay it but it's so long that I'm not sure I have the time.

A really nice pick.  Too bad Square Enix are pricks and will never make Chrono Break.

My favorite RPG. I replay it all the time. So under appreciated!

" A really nice pick.  Too bad Square Enix are pricks and will never make Chrono Break. "

I did not like this one half as much as Trigger.  The much greater number of characters resulted in very few of them getting anything near meaningful character development, so I really did not give much of a piss what happened to any of them at any given point.  I was not a fan of the battle system, either.  Good game, just not as good a sequel to Chrono Trigger as it could have been.

This is one of the best games on the system!  Truly revolutionary for it's time.  A shit-ton of Characters and different ways to play through multiple times <3 

" @Godwind said:

" A really nice pick.  Too bad Square Enix are pricks and will never make Chrono Break. "

I may be in the minority here, but I absolutely hated Chrono Cross and am not sad that a third Chrono game has not been made.  I can understand the desire to make a sequel to Chrono Trigger, but the way they did it, particularly in the way the game ties into Chrono Trigger, utilizes some of the most ludicrous, ham-fisted plot points I've seen in any game ever.  (Its story is awful, is what I am saying.)  That, combined with the fact that a large number of people involved in the Chrono games are no longer with Square Enix, does not make me particularly hopeful for another Chrono game in any way, shape, or form. "

" @Hailinel: I actually am not a huge fan of Chrono Trigger. The story is absolutely fantastic in Chrono Cross, I think you're probably insane. That said, this game shouldn't really be regarded as a sequel to Chrono Trigger at all. "

I played Chrono Cross a couple years back on a borrowed PS2. It's the only PS1 game I own. The amount of playable characters, battle system, soundtrack and colorful graphics are the main attraction IMO. Great game and one of my favorite RPG's.

Did you know you can embed an entire playlist in a single video on your profile? Just thought I'd let you know if you don't. It's pretty nice. It automatically plays the next video after one finishes. There's a code on the page for each playlist.

I played Chrono Cross several times back when it came out and absolutely loved it. Still have the game somewhere.

" @Hailinel: I actually am not a huge fan of Chrono Trigger. The story is absolutely fantastic in Chrono Cross, I think you're probably insane. That said, this game shouldn't really be regarded as a sequel to Chrono Trigger at all. "

I really really wanted to like this game. I played all the way through it and got to the last boss and just couldn't make myself care about it.  My main complaint is the characters.  Too many of them and all of them were pretty lame and under developed.  Chrono Cross was probably a better game than I remember it being but Chrono Trigger set the bar so high for me I was just expecting more of the same.

I could always get this on.........uh.............emu.

" I really really wanted to like this game. I played all the way through it and got to the last boss and just couldn't make myself care about it.  My main complaint is the characters.  Too many of them and all of them were pretty lame and under developed.  Chrono Cross was probably a better game than I remember it being but Chrono Trigger set the bar so high for me I was just expecting more of the same. "

I was never a big fan of Chrono Chross. I still have the cartridge for Chrono Trigger though. I just feel bad that SquareEnix decided to kill the direct Chrono Trigger sequel and remake of it.

Starting to play the game today,great video.

" @Aquinas: You do know that I've never actually beaten this game right? That said I know exactly what happens, so consider yourself lucky. It's a Chrono game of course it's going to have spiritual ties to Trigger. Doesn't make it a sequel. Bioshock is not a sequel to System Shock.For someone like me who played like 3 hours of Chrono Trigger, I don't feel like there's major missing links, or that it continues the story of that game (which it doesn't). FFVIII was not a sequel to VII, still had Biggs and Wedge. X-2 WAS a sequel, it continued the same plotline as X. "

The Quick Look was pretty... decent.

I loved that game, although I made it up to the end, or close to it and got stuck and never finished it. I should go back and play it again.

It's a sequel to Chrono Trigger, if you haven't beaten it then I can understand why you wouldn't think that it has any direct ties with the previous Chrono game, but trust me it becomes pretty blatantly obvious later on.  Chrono Cross was suppose to be a direct sequel, but stuff happened in development that ended up changing the end product.  It's still a good game and the connections have been made with the the DS release of Chrono Trigger reconned.

" It's a sequel to Chrono Trigger, if you haven't beaten it then I can understand why you wouldn't think that it has any direct ties with the previous Chrono game, but trust me it becomes pretty blatantly obvious later on.  Chrono Cross was suppose to be a direct sequel, but stuff happened in development that ended up changing the end product.  It's still a good game and the connections have been made with the the DS release of Chrono Trigger reconned. "