Is Chrono Trigger just one of them Nostalgia games?

I dunno I saw on Games Radar about being one of the best intros ever and everyones going on about the DS version. So I just played a couple of hours of it and.... it is just like everyother Jrpg I've played and I don't see what is so special about it. Sure back then it was really good but now, I've played much better games with better combat and features. Like I don't see what is so good about the intro as I thought Final Fantasy 9's intro is far better and the story seems like that typical Japanese story I've played through hundreds of times.

I just don't get the fuss... just plays esactly like everyother jrpg.

I don't know, it did some things with the combat that still hasn't been done much for turnbased rpgs, really just the nice transition between battle and movement, it doesnt send you into some random alternate world for combat. But yeah, at this point its vert nostalgia heavy, back then a lot of what it did wasn't very cliche since it was there when things for jrpgs were picking up, with all the finaly fantasies and such coming out. Comparing Chrono Trigger to Rpgs today wont work since so many RPGS have inproved greatly on that. If you're  thinking about in in comparison to more recent jrpgs then yeah, it wont hold up. But it is kind of a nostalgia trip for most people who play it. If you think of it in the mindset that it should stand up to recent jrpgs then, I dont know, it probably wont hold up.

Keep playing it I remember playing it like 2 years ago and it was fucking amazing. I'm sure nostalgia does affect people's view on the game but it really is fantastic.

It's a great game. I'm playing it right now... literally.

It's got a great combat system, multiple endings, colorful graphics and a good story with time travel.

Also I wish they updated the music atleast cause who uses Midi anymore? Couldn't they have gotten an orchestra to record it?

I played it long after it came out and it blew me away. It was an all round amazing experience whether it was the story, music or gameplay.

Chrono Trigger hits the nostaligia button for me because of two things. Back then it was one of the few rpg games where the fighting was immediate, no loading a new screen to go into battle mode, it just made the whole experience integrated (Most JRPGS still load a new screen to go into battle mode). Second, for a game that was on the SNES, the ability to cram in branching storylines and alternate endings (Not even sure if there is one cannon ending) was unqiue as well.

However like all old games, eventually everybody else takes elements of what worked and eventually what made Chrono trigger special is not so anymore. You have to remember the original Chrono trigger was made on the SNES, the DS remake while they could have done a much revamped version ala FF4 was still along the lines of the orignal SNES version.

Its something that you would appreciate more if you were into jrpgs to begin with.

"Also I wish they updated the music atleast cause who uses Midi anymore? Couldn't they have gotten an orchestra to record it?"

No, it's a very, very good game.  They pretty much thought of everything when it comes to that game (even leveling up all characters even though they don't battle, which doesn't artificially increase the game's length).

"It's a great game. I'm playing it right now... literally.

It's got a great combat system, multiple endings, colorful graphics and a good story with time travel."

"Also I wish they updated the music atleast cause who uses Midi anymore? Couldn't they have gotten an orchestra to record it?"

"PapaLazarou said:

"Also I wish they updated the music atleast cause who uses Midi anymore? Couldn't they have gotten an orchestra to record it?"

I own that soundtrack in its full MIDI glory, and listen to it in my car.

Anyway it is one of those games that lives up to the hype, IMO its the best JRPG of all time, and if Japanese developers continue the path they are currently going I cant see anything surpassing it.

But I am weird...I seriously could live with only 4 JRPGs, Final Fantasy 4, 5, 6, and Chrono Trigger. Everything else is redundant."

Well its clear you dont like the genre.

Turn based combat is really fun IMO, especially during boss encounters.

Other than Persona(maybe) I dont think there has been a great JRPG since FInal Fantasy 6

yes its nothing but a nostalgia game it doesn't stack well againest todays games but thats a given and the DS version was simply and for all intents and purposes a cash in game square enix is good at those now they are the EA of rpgs release pittling upgrades.

The DS version has absolutely no real difference over the snes original and ps1 version except a new side quest, a new offshoot dungeon, new monsters and a new boss,  other then that a few translation changes on items and thats it.

They could have easily taken 2 years and redid the game like they should have *updated the flawed translation of which the orginal snes version only had a 30 day translation window* redid some of the inane story, close up some of the loose ends, connected it better with chrono cross, gave magus a better deeper part in the game including double techs and triple techs *beyond the techs he gets via stones with just a few party members* use the unused random overworld sprites and battle sprites that were found in the snes original and ps1 port. 

"yes its nothing but a nostalgia game it doesn't stack well againest todays games but thats a given and the DS version was simply and for all intents and purposes a cash in game square enix is good at those now they are the EA of rpgs release pittling upgrades.

The DS version has absolutely no real difference over the snes original and ps1 version except a new side quest, a new offshoot dungeon, new monsters and a new boss,  other then that a few translation changes on items and thats it.

They could have easily taken 2 years and redid the game like they should have *updated the flawed translation of which the orginal snes version only had a 30 day translation window* redid some of the inane story, close up some of the loose ends, connected it better with chrono cross, gave magus a better deeper part in the game including double techs and triple techs *beyond the techs he gets via stones with just a few party members* use the unused random overworld sprites and battle sprites that were found in the snes original and ps1 port. "

I don't think it's just nostalgia. I first played the game sometime last year, and fell in love with it.

"yes its nothing but a nostalgia game it doesn't stack well againest todays games but thats a given and the DS version was simply and for all intents and purposes a cash in game square enix is good at those now they are the EA of rpgs release pittling upgrades.

The DS version has absolutely no real difference over the snes original and ps1 version except a new side quest, a new offshoot dungeon, new monsters and a new boss,  other then that a few translation changes on items and thats it.

They could have easily taken 2 years and redid the game like they should have *updated the flawed translation of which the orginal snes version only had a 30 day translation window* redid some of the inane story, close up some of the loose ends, connected it better with chrono cross, gave magus a better deeper part in the game including double techs and triple techs *beyond the techs he gets via stones with just a few party members* use the unused random overworld sprites and battle sprites that were found in the snes original and ps1 port. "

"WilliamRLBaker said:

"yes its nothing but a nostalgia game it doesn't stack well againest todays games but thats a given and the DS version was simply and for all intents and purposes a cash in game square enix is good at those now they are the EA of rpgs release pittling upgrades.

The DS version has absolutely no real difference over the snes original and ps1 version except a new side quest, a new offshoot dungeon, new monsters and a new boss,  other then that a few translation changes on items and thats it.

They could have easily taken 2 years and redid the game like they should have *updated the flawed translation of which the orginal snes version only had a 30 day translation window* redid some of the inane story, close up some of the loose ends, connected it better with chrono cross, gave magus a better deeper part in the game including double techs and triple techs *beyond the techs he gets via stones with just a few party members* use the unused random overworld sprites and battle sprites that were found in the snes original and ps1 port. "

uhh what?

My favorite game of all time is Super Metroid, and IMO its the only perfect game ever made.

But according to you thats impossible."

Oh for fucks sake

In my world Super Metroid is perfect, in your hyper philosophical world you can think what you like.

You saying "it doesnt stack well against todays games but thats a given" implies that games are perpetually improving, which is false.