Each character is carefully illustrated andĮven walking around the screen is unique depending on your party,įrom Frog's hopping to Magus's floating just above the ground. First ofĪll, the sprites, unlike those in, say, Final Fantasy III, are largeĪnd incredibly detailed. The characters in Chrono Trigger are so dearly remembered. Sentence-fragmenting cave woman, etc.), there is no denying the charmĪnd lasting impression of each character. Simple archetype (silent protagonist, “thou”-spatting knight, While it can be argued that each character is a Planet thanks to the game's villain, Lavos.Ĭontinues to grow with each subsequent time-hop, rounding out at a Haggard future that has already witnessed the destruction of the Prehistoric times with dinosaurs and the first humans to a dismal and Trigger's five different playable time periods, the developers wereĪllowed to create a wide variety of locations to traverse, from Shifting between alternate versions of the same world was explored inīoth A Link to the Past and Final Fantasy III (US), but with Chrono Period, yet it has subtle and not-so-subtle alterations to itĭepending on just how far back or forward you've traveled in time. The overworld is somewhat similar to that of Crono's time In this way, each new era is essentially aĬhapter in the story, made up of several small quests to beĬompleted. Set off to defeat enemies, recover items, and do whatever else is Often than not, will be sealed off or inaccessible until completing aĬertain number of tasks in this new time period. Upon arriving in a new era, these gates, more Side quests, the majority of the game uses time gates to allow travel Third of the game opens up with the acquisition of the Epoch, a time-traveling vehicle that allows for free exploration and completion of Progression is a clever implementation of time travel. Seemingly lost after the PlayStation created a generation of Chrono Trigger drives forward with a keen focus Superfluous grinding sequences, no overly long and meandering moments Together with skillful precision and execution. Chrono Trigger is one of those games where everything comes It, shouting about innovation, the score, the characters, theĮndings, and a hundred other facets of the game, and all for good In frantic jubilation, fans point wildly towards Is a late SNES game that is often heralded as one of the finest RPGs

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