Chrono Cross is like a giant unexplored ocean. It is so deep, mysterious, and obscure that no matter how much time passes, you never feel like you’ve really explored the whole game.
It's like, all 40 characters have back story but you have to play with them in the party to get those pieces of lore. I'm here in 2022 playing on My my phone ready for the remake. I would live on an island with only people that love chronk cross 🤣
This game is seriously art, it's hard to explain but there were moments playing it where I said to myself 'this is art.' Fighting Miguel with that sunset over Nadia's bell (as the sun sets on that possible future and the dead sea if you will), Nikki's song, etc. there's so much magical stuff.
I love how many different routes and small events can happen depending on who is in the party and the choices along the way. I was blown away when i played the second time and entered the manor in a fight through the front gate, instead of sneaking through the forest. It's really hammering the concept of parallel dimensions and how choices affect one destiny, all through gameplay.
The game itself was so mature, sad in some ways even, how lives were different in the dimensions ! If one plays through it when young it deffinitely makes an impact
I’m actually replaying this masterpiece right now for the third time. ♥️ I guess chrono cross will always have a place in my heart. Absolutely love the story, characters, battle system, and THE MUSIC. 💯
(spoilers ahead) That's very interesting since lynx serves FATE, and Harle was made by the dragons which are the enemies of FATE. Maybe when they created her they somehow made it so that FATE can't perceive her existence?
@@gabrielwag Harle does aknowledges Linx if I'm not wrong, she serves him. So it doesn't sound too right, but was Harle created by the dragons ? I didn't remember that
@@gabrielwag i fotgot about the true story but if im not wrong remember that harle was the last dragon (dark-moon dragon) and a bit divided soul of schala (schala was devoured by lavos and dragons are like part of lavos) so the only dragon that actually cared about humans. And Fate is protector of humanity, so they joined hand to defeat true enemy of humans since beginning (lavos).
Great video! Sadly, baffles me that anyone remember Nobuteru Yuuki, the character designer of the game, to me one of the best artist on 90s anime. He created characters for cult classics like Record of the Lodoss War and Escaflowne, and worked in several games, sadly he is completely forgot nowadays. I think he was a key part on Chrono Cross, even when I haven't play the game except for a few hours the design of the characters is really amazing.
I actually remembered Nobuteru Yuuki for his character designs in the original Seiken Densetsu 3 (Trials of Mana), which would then get properly reflected in the 3D remake as seen with how the 2nd class changes look now. Though I did slightly gloss over the fact that he also did Chrono Cross.
@@TheHarunate its awesome you remember the guy! And Trials of Mana is a beautiful game did a great job of capturing the characters of the original. But if you look at the faces those are made in a nice but generic anime style you see everywhere nowadays. Yuuki had a very particular way of drawing faces (really appealing to me) but I guess its looks outdated today. Something similar happened with the new Record of Lodoss War game, where the creators did the same thing to the main character, keeping the overall look but changing the face and the particular details that made it a Yuuki design. But maybe I'm being too nit-picky XD
I did not know either! Thanks! I always love when I discover some guy who made something I love, like Nobuteru Yuki, also participated in other things I love. To think that he worked on The Vision of Escaflowne and To Terra (the 2007 series) just makes my day.
I'm afraid doing a remake will not make any good for this game just like what happened in ff7, in my opinion (its just 'meh'). maybe a remastered version will do just fine.
Kid is a clone of Schala Harle is the main dragon boss at the end of the game. Lynx is Chrono's father Wazuki. It is a messed up and very confusing story lol.
This was the first video game I bought with my own money, and it is still my favorite rpg of all time. I have so many fond memories of this amazing game!
One of my favorite games . I remember I was playing 5 rpgs at the same time ff7,ff8,legends of legia,xenogears and chronocross best moment in my life for exceptional music and storylines . Man do I miss the old style games as far as story and implementation. I.e fully completed released games. Thanks for the nostalgia. The music brought back tons of memories
I know, right ? I can't understand how is people happy with new releases, they don't have nearly the same content as old games; you could be so many hours inside the game, just talking to every people you saw, checking every corner, getting every item, etc., and that translated a LOT into immersion with the story and characters; in the end, you really cared about them, because they had gone through a lot of "small" things. And well, of course it varied depending on how good the game was
"IT'S NOT A SEQUEL!" - advertising at the time literally calling it a thrilling sequel - using the characters from the first game as an easter egg in this game - placing multiple characters throughout the game from the first game - considering making it a "trilogy", which means it's literally a sequel
@@Kuristofa138 I think that the actual "issue" with the vocal Trigger triggered Fandom is that they wanted Trigger 2, they wanted a direct sequel with the whole cast, didn't ask to get a sequel dealing with the consequences of time travel. Add to that that not all of the 45 characters were as equally developed as other and you add to the fire
I remembered the time i play this game.. it was in 2002.. my uncle gave me his PS1 console as a present for me as i was able to keep my promise in becoming one of the top students in my class.. i was 10 years old at that time.. and this is basicly the first RPG i've ever played.. my native language is Malay, and i only had basic understanding of English at that time.. it was truly frustrating playing the game as sometimes i cant find ways to progress it hence i resulted to the use of "walkthroughs". Basic english is what i had and i remembered holding the dictionary while translating words that i didn't know in the 100 paged walkthrough. The more i want to progress the game, the more i needed to learn.. As time passes, my teachers and fellow classmates started to realize that my proficiency in english had became tremendously better thus making them wonder how i did it since i came from a poor household that had little educational background. They simply asked " How did you improved so much?" " I learned it from video games " i answered. ........... Fighting lavos at the end.. beating the game.. the credits rolled.. The ending theme played... Watching it.. a weird feeling .. a kind of bitterness, a kind of sadness.. my eyes started to tear up.. watching the end credits while holding the dictionary and the walkthrough in front of me.. It was a journey for me.. to complete it.. and i did it while struggling to understand a different language than my own.. hence, a feeling of accomplishment as well as a feeling of gratitude.. Thank you, Chrono Cross.. Thank you..
From what I understand part of the reason for the Magus controversy was actually due to the excessive amount of characters meant they had less time to focus on the individual stories.
This game had some of the best music out of any game i've played. I may be jaded or have a case of "nostalgia blindness" but I think it's just masterful
i agree. i felt it few years after. because i want or would like see a happy ending ot some result from each characters and i would like them all have a reunion r something sit at the dnner table of food and talk about their adventures and then a happy suprising moment happen serge actually walk in etc
I really like how Guile and Magus float the same way instead of just running when we make the characters walk faster. I’m pretty sure that’s not coincidence by the developers (but I’m not saying they are the same just for this, but the similarities were there to intrigue since before fan theories).
i remember when i finished chrono cross, guile was in my party, and i remember seeing his ending segment and thinking "there's no way this guy isnt magus".
Actually, that part was wrong in this video, Guile's relationship with Magus was clarified. The developers confirmed Guile was supposed to be Magus/Gil in Chrono Cross, but with all the sea of characters in the game, and the direction the story was heading, they decided to scrap the idea. So yes, Guile was supposed to be Magus, but ended becoming his own character.
One of the game that makes me feel empty after I finish it. Not because its bad, but because i know its already end and its saddened me. I hope this one got a remake in the future
people say chrono trigger is perfect except for the 25 year old graphics. they could do a much better job today then they did back then. They worked with what they had at the time. with todays technology things could be done much better. even an option for voices turned on or off could be possible.
I like many of the original Japanese names better. Marscella > Marcy. Many of the name retranslations were due to the limited spaces in the character names.
This game is such a masterpiece. People keep praising FF (which is also a great series) but when I think of Square this is the game that comes to my mind instantly.
Man, the soundtrack of this game is surely god tier composition. i remember just walking around Another world overworld just to listen to its soundtrack..
This was some neat info, glad to have heard some of this prior to the remaster coming out. gonna have to look into more of these little details i might have missed before the new playthrough
I used to fall asleep listening to a few select tracks from the soundtrack. It’s so good. My favorites will always be the opening song, “Time’s Scar” and “Star Stealing Girl” the best songs.
i dont care what anyone says about chrono cross. i love this game whether or not it's a sequel it is also my favorite JRPG. one thing i would change tho is the battle theme music. it's the song you hear the most and it doesn't make me want to fight
No, they said this game was "not a sequel to Chrono Trigger, not a chrono trigger 2". So they weren't saying it wasn't a sequel at all. The game is very heavily intertwined with Chrono Trigger, taking place after/during Trigger, and the story moves on directly from the events of Crono and co in Trigger. The entire reason the Home World dimension exists is direcrly due to Lavos' defeat at Chrono and co.
Makes sense Kid being the main character. As she is the avatar for Schalla as the Frozen Flame is the avatar for Lavos. But Serge is like "link" between them. "The Arbiter of Fate" is not just a title, Serge is standing as representation for humanity on wether they can play the ancient melody of the Chrono Cross to prove they are one with the World and not "the offspring of Lavos", condemned to hurt Nature back and forth for progress as the reptitees were the natural supposed inheritors of the planet.
There's a mobile game called Another Eden, made by some of the people who worked on trigger and cross. Time travel is a big theme, even has a samurai frog guy, plus prehistoric people and futuristic sci-fi. They've been wanting to port it to the switch, so hopefully they do and it comes overseas.
It's an amazing game. To be honest, it drags a touch in some areas, but the art direction and soundtrack are phenomenal. Uematsu is the uncontested god of SE's library, but many of Yasunori Mitsuda's works are just transcendent. Will be listening to them for the rest of my life. Anyways, solid 9/10, definitely worth a playthrough.
there is a texture replacement pack that you can enhance the entire game graphics using RetroArch emulator. its fairly easy to do but does take about 30mins or so to set up. its beautiful to play with the graphic enhancements
So glad I'm not the only one that absolutely adored Chrono Cross. It was the game I played(probably too young) when I was I think.. 10? It made me feel, and think, and want to see and know more of the world and game. It was the first game to really do that for me. Now, at 30, it's still one of my absolute favorites.
Yes I HATE it when people say it isnt a sequel. Thought "directly" is... indirect. As all endings are canon, there is not a direct timeline, but many of them.
It's not a sequel. It's another story in that same universe. Much like Lord of the rings is NOT a sequel to the Hobbit. Shares elements, characters and has relation. Is a different story, it's own story.
HpCriticAll Trying to redefine the meaning of sequels eh? TLotR is a sequel to Hobbit, Tolkien even wrote it as such. CC in turn has so much of its plot come from the events of FF that it’s ridiculous to act like they’re not related. It’s not like thematic series like Final Fantasy where each numbered installment has no direct impact on the other. The PS1 & DS versions even added some plot points that further connected CT & CC
It literally says on the disk box that it is a sequel that takes place 20 years after chrono trigger. I don't know how it can be more clear. But that is the world we live in I guess, where people are dumb and make up their own narratives.
I fell in love with this game wen I was younger and I put so many hours in this game and I played it so much I had to buy 3 different copy’s and went through 2 ps1 and played so much man also have it on a ps3 and still to this day have a copy with all of my games
Hands down one of the best RPGs ever made. It has one of the most satisfying combat systems even to this day. I’d love to see it adopted and modernized. Such a great system.
I had a conversation with a Japanese-American in Akihabara a few years ago. When Chrono Cross, I shouted something like “Chrono Cross is the best thing since the Wehrmacht!” Some people stared but I don’t care.
This is one of those games that is such a classic that any rpg enthusiast or anyone interested in japanese videogame history should know about it, and a shout-out in a form of a remake, sequel or whatever would totally land it nowadays. IKnowing the facts or not aside, it's a pleasure to watch this video since it nails the structure. Very interesting, very eloquent about what makes the game good, it gets personal but it's also professional... nice vid. From one Chrono fan from the other, I hereby salute you. Cheers.
"not a sequel" about a game that references the other game heavily at points. showing characters from the other game. mainly about a non playable character from the other game. and actualy has set peices such as nadia's bell the creators only started the "yeah nothing to do with eachother" thing to shut up angry fans because they killed off chrono marle and lucca
I played this game just recently thinking at first that the titles were just coincidental lol and when I heard the victory theme I was like "yeah this is Chrono Trigger"
Its really not. Just because it has the lore, and references the characters, and the only true physical connection in the game was Kid, technically Schala, which was nevwr properly explained or fleshed out, then threw in a random final boss that you only knew about in the last couple hours of the game, I'd say thats very loosely basex.
@@nonyabidness8676 dont get me wrong. I love the game. I still have it digitally on my ps3. It just didn't address any of the issues. You never figure out why Schala was there. Guile was supposed to be Magus keeping an eye on Kid/Schala but the creators felt it would take away too much from the story already. They didnt address the multiverse that they inevitably created in the original. It all felt rushed to give Chrono Trigger something after.
I just recently beat this game in the most perfect way possible. Every single character, every single 7th lvl tech (even a fully evolved Pip), every single character has a rainbow weapon and rainbow mail. Now whenever I wanna re experience this game, I can load up a file and beat it in a couple hours.
Didn't they even reference Radical Dreamers as another parallel dimension? In Chrono Cross, there are two main dimensions (Home World and Another World), Sprigg's pocket dimension, and the little dimensional bend. When you're in Chronopolis, you can find a room with one of the save points taken apart. In the dimension that FATE controlled (Another?), the save points are where people go get advice for their day - which is just FATE telling them what to do to preserve her timeline. In Home World, the save points are known as RECORDS instead, where people save their stories. FATE has access to read these, but not to talk to them. That is, FATE couldn't direct these people, but could see how that dimension/universe played out. ...but there's one taken apart on a table in Chronopolis like someone was fixing it or doing maintenance on it. But it mentions Serge, Kid, and Magus (I believe), and I always thought it must have been ONE Record of Fate that was actually recording from the Radical Dreamers dimension, meaning it is canon to Chrono Cross as one more parallel world. So that wouldn't make Chrono Cross a remake so much as it would make it a parallel to that world. And...Another World's overworld theme, to this day, brings tears to my eyes. EDIT: Also, you said "Serge, being the narrator in Radical Dreamers..." ...isn't it ironic that the former narrator became the SILENT Protagonist?
Yes, I remember something like that, it felt strange to me that Eric didn't talk about it... Anyway, the japanese name being "Alfador" as well as Magus' cat, could easily mean Magus disguised himself inspired by his cat too, doesn't it ?
I can't find where I heard about it, but apparently they used a script to write the general text for characters with accents ie. if the phrase was "This is a cat", the script would run it for Harle "Diz iz a cat." while Steena or someone else would say it differently.
I think about it like this: Kid is Chronopolis' guide for Serge to help humanity. Harle is Dinopolis' guide for Serge to help the demi humans and dragon kind. It was a theory and while it's not a flawless theory, there is some room for plausibility.
I never got to play it fully way back when it launched, Not long ago I heard about the Eiyuden project and I've been playing the suikoden games as a celebration for the spiritual successor of the series.. I guess I'll give Chrono Cross a go this upcoming days, thanks Eric!
Great video Eric!!.. One of my all time favourite games too! I own a physical copy and the digital copy. I also bought the official walk-through😁. I have completed it dozens of times and still love coming back to it every now and then. Pure RPG with amazing music its legendary just like it's first game ..Chrono Trigger!🤤
While you CAN miss recruiting characters, that's not something to seriously worry about - like its predecessor, you're meant to play the game multiple times via New Game+. It's actually impossible to recruit all of the characters in a single playthrough.
[SPOILERS] I don't remember where I heard it, but somewhere I picked up the impression that Harle, being the Dark Moon Dragon, could have been somehow deliberately patterned off of Schala by the dragons when they created her to free them. Meaning, while she's definitely not Kid's other version (also because we actually see the other version of Harle frozen in time in the Dead Sea), she could still be yet another clone. Just built entirely differently and...also a dragon, somehow. (Also she's listed as 18 and right-handed, whereas Kid is 16 and ambidextrous. The ages would kind of line up in that Harle must have been created first, but it makes the Lucca scene totally baffling unless Harle is in fact ageless or they just didn't have the resources to make a younger model.)
my fav game of all time, its as close to my heart as it is to yours. i vividly remember playing this for the first time. since then ive beaten is 20+ times.
One more thing: It has surround sound, if you've got a compatible dolby system. Even though it's got the dolby surround logo on the case, it was easy to ignore and not notice this back in the day since really not many people had (or could afford) a proper surround sound system with a receiver with pro logic decoding. As you would expect of a game so heavily focused on sound, it's a real treat.
I made the Guile-Magus connection without knowing anything about Radical Dreamers. The hair, black magic affinity, mask and mystery all pointed in that direction- and from Chrono Trigger we are made to understand that Magus went searching for Schala
Man CC has by far the best turn based battle system of all time. I hope we get a remaster at some point. Or even just a simple rerelease on current systems.
Its really SO sad that we are stuck with Nomura's "Final Kingdom Hearts VII remake" bullshit instead of actual masterpieces like this or Xenogears.....Gosh Square!
Its funny to think this masterpiece was made by one person that made years later the great disaster that was FFXIV 1.0 being fired from Square Enix after that. Ouch
Of course he was before your eyes: Magus is the main character - Serge. There is a letter in the mansion in which Lucca from Chrono Trigger calls Serge "Janus".
@@danthovict381 Here is the letter: ua-cam.com/video/FRyCy2IDnlw/v-deo.html I agree, there is no clear indication of Serge, it just says about the person who is now next to Kid. Well, I took it on to Serge - he's the one who teamed up with her in this story.
Chrono Cross is like a giant unexplored ocean. It is so deep, mysterious, and obscure that no matter how much time passes, you never feel like you’ve really explored the whole game.
It sounds exaggerated, but you captured how it feels to me also.
Shut up
@@bw9499 Take your own advice, clown boy.
It took more then 11 playthroughts for me to feel like iv seen everything.
It's like, all 40 characters have back story but you have to play with them in the party to get those pieces of lore. I'm here in 2022 playing on My my phone ready for the remake. I would live on an island with only people that love chronk cross 🤣
I hope this game gets an HD remaster or something.
Kuraudo should be a chrono collection for the switch.
Ooo, that would be lovely.
Until then, it plays well enough on the Vita
noooo !! don't want F... remaster , same ff7 , square destroy all they touch !
@@pochul Yup, I just want a port really or simply a graphics upgrade. I don't want a retelling/re-imagining.
one of the most beautiful games I ve ever played, reminds me the time in my childhood when I discovered that games can be art too
I literally said this exact sentence to myself and then saw your comment. Wow - how one game can inspire and aspire so many lives.
@@Rtsrurg2 I adore Chrono cross best game ever
This game is seriously art, it's hard to explain but there were moments playing it where I said to myself 'this is art.' Fighting Miguel with that sunset over Nadia's bell (as the sun sets on that possible future and the dead sea if you will), Nikki's song, etc. there's so much magical stuff.
With that dario theme in the bg??? Man that was good
Miguel having waited a literal eternity to kill you does it for me every time.
I love how many different routes and small events can happen depending on who is in the party and the choices along the way. I was blown away when i played the second time and entered the manor in a fight through the front gate, instead of sneaking through the forest. It's really hammering the concept of parallel dimensions and how choices affect one destiny, all through gameplay.
The game itself was so mature, sad in some ways even, how lives were different in the dimensions ! If one plays through it when young it deffinitely makes an impact
There's still another route here where you climb on to the cliff
@@jhn9251 oh, i guess i have to play it again lol
This thing pushed the PS1 to the limits. Love the soundtrack too.
I’m actually replaying this masterpiece right now for the third time. ♥️ I guess chrono cross will always have a place in my heart. Absolutely love the story, characters, battle system, and THE MUSIC. 💯
3rd time? I replayed around 50. Still love the game! Need to find my ps3 to play again.
The amount of Harle in this video made me smile. Wow, I never thought about her and Lynx never actually interacting. That's really interesting
(spoilers ahead) That's very interesting since lynx serves FATE, and Harle was made by the dragons which are the enemies of FATE. Maybe when they created her they somehow made it so that FATE can't perceive her existence?
@@gabrielwag Harle does aknowledges Linx if I'm not wrong, she serves him. So it doesn't sound too right, but was Harle created by the dragons ? I didn't remember that
@@gabrielwag i fotgot about the true story but if im not wrong remember that harle was the last dragon (dark-moon dragon) and a bit divided soul of schala (schala was devoured by lavos and dragons are like part of lavos) so the only dragon that actually cared about humans. And Fate is protector of humanity, so they joined hand to defeat true enemy of humans since beginning (lavos).
Happy 20th anniversary, Chrono Cross.
Wow I'm old
Yep 24 years is a long time.
Great video! Sadly, baffles me that anyone remember Nobuteru Yuuki, the character designer of the game, to me one of the best artist on 90s anime. He created characters for cult classics like Record of the Lodoss War and Escaflowne, and worked in several games, sadly he is completely forgot nowadays. I think he was a key part on Chrono Cross, even when I haven't play the game except for a few hours the design of the characters is really amazing.
I actually remembered Nobuteru Yuuki for his character designs in the original Seiken Densetsu 3 (Trials of Mana), which would then get properly reflected in the 3D remake as seen with how the 2nd class changes look now. Though I did slightly gloss over the fact that he also did Chrono Cross.
@@TheHarunate its awesome you remember the guy! And Trials of Mana is a beautiful game did a great job of capturing the characters of the original. But if you look at the faces those are made in a nice but generic anime style you see everywhere nowadays. Yuuki had a very particular way of drawing faces (really appealing to me) but I guess its looks outdated today. Something similar happened with the new Record of Lodoss War game, where the creators did the same thing to the main character, keeping the overall look but changing the face and the particular details that made it a Yuuki design. But maybe I'm being too nit-picky XD
You gotta play the game. Every character has their own style that fit their personality perfectly.
I did not know either! Thanks! I always love when I discover some guy who made something I love, like Nobuteru Yuki, also participated in other things I love. To think that he worked on The Vision of Escaflowne and To Terra (the 2007 series) just makes my day.
@@zennvirus7980 So glad of that, man!
One of the best videogames of all time and that is a reason for make a remake. The new generation needs to know this masterpiece.
@Burgie They'd turn it into a mediocre action game and chop it up into episodes to destroy any sort of feeling of progression!
I'm afraid doing a remake will not make any good for this game just like what happened in ff7, in my opinion (its just 'meh'). maybe a remastered version will do just fine.
Remaster it needs! Like a hd 4k version.
Please not a remake that would suck!
@@Sauvenil damn straight dude.. Well said!
@@Kennosuke88 That being said... I'm still holding out for the other 5 episodes of Xenogears. (It's not mediocre though!)
Kid is a clone of Schala
Harle is the main dragon boss at the end of the game.
Lynx is Chrono's father Wazuki. It is a messed up and very confusing story lol.
This was the first video game I bought with my own money, and it is still my favorite rpg of all time. I have so many fond memories of this amazing game!
One of my favorite games . I remember I was playing 5 rpgs at the same time ff7,ff8,legends of legia,xenogears and chronocross best moment in my life for exceptional music and storylines . Man do I miss the old style games as far as story and implementation. I.e fully completed released games. Thanks for the nostalgia. The music brought back tons of memories
I know, right ? I can't understand how is people happy with new releases, they don't have nearly the same content as old games; you could be so many hours inside the game, just talking to every people you saw, checking every corner, getting every item, etc., and that translated a LOT into immersion with the story and characters; in the end, you really cared about them, because they had gone through a lot of "small" things. And well, of course it varied depending on how good the game was
@@juanjosefarina true
This game had me at the intro.
Still has the best damn musical score on the PS I had ever seen back then
Nope, Xenogears is the best work from Mitsuda... ever.
@@arapaimagold8088 nah
Both are great, both are by the same mitsuda. We loved him, we loved his works.
Chrono Cross and Suikoden III are two games I can immediately think of where I would watch the opening video every single time I booted up the game.
"IT'S NOT A SEQUEL!"
- advertising at the time literally calling it a thrilling sequel
- using the characters from the first game as an easter egg in this game
- placing multiple characters throughout the game from the first game
- considering making it a "trilogy", which means it's literally a sequel
A masterpiece. Love this game. An HD remaster to see the beautiful landscapes and art would be perfect.
the game of my life. I hope they develop a remaster or remake soon.
"it has been said this game is not a sequel to Chrono Trigger"... Yet in the box it specifically talks about happening 20 years after trigger
The box only says "sequel to...." iirc
I mean there are a lot of connections to Trigger. It's more like an add on game I suppose?
@@kilik0410 "The long-awaited sequel to one of history's favorite adventures" you were even more on point than I was
@@Kuristofa138 I think that the actual "issue" with the vocal Trigger triggered Fandom is that they wanted Trigger 2, they wanted a direct sequel with the whole cast, didn't ask to get a sequel dealing with the consequences of time travel.
Add to that that not all of the 45 characters were as equally developed as other and you add to the fire
@@vanerek keep in mind that we could have gotten more than 45 characters if it wasn't scrapped
I remembered the time i play this game.. it was in 2002.. my uncle gave me his PS1 console as a present for me as i was able to keep my promise in becoming one of the top students in my class.. i was 10 years old at that time.. and this is basicly the first RPG i've ever played.. my native language is Malay, and i only had basic understanding of English at that time.. it was truly frustrating playing the game as sometimes i cant find ways to progress it hence i resulted to the use of "walkthroughs". Basic english is what i had and i remembered holding the dictionary while translating words that i didn't know in the 100 paged walkthrough. The more i want to progress the game, the more i needed to learn..
As time passes, my teachers and fellow classmates started to realize that my proficiency in english had became tremendously better thus making them wonder how i did it since i came from a poor household that had little educational background.
They simply asked " How did you improved so much?"
" I learned it from video games " i answered.
...........
Fighting lavos at the end.. beating the game.. the credits rolled..
The ending theme played...
Watching it.. a weird feeling .. a kind of bitterness, a kind of sadness..
my eyes started to tear up.. watching the end credits while holding the dictionary and the walkthrough in front of me..
It was a journey for me.. to complete it.. and i did it while struggling to understand a different language than my own.. hence, a feeling of accomplishment as well as a feeling of gratitude..
Thank you, Chrono Cross..
Thank you..
It definitely is a sequel whether the creators want to accept it or not, it just is by definition what a sequel is
I'm a superfan of this game. Its fact the guile was gonna be magil but was cut for memory restrictions. Also zoah is a prince lol
From what I understand part of the reason for the Magus controversy was actually due to the excessive amount of characters meant they had less time to focus on the individual stories.
I always wished they trimmed down on the characters.
6 party-members would've already sufficed and they could've fleshed them out properly.
@@Caydiem . But who would you have left as playable party members?
10 characters.
This game had some of the best music out of any game i've played. I may be jaded or have a case of "nostalgia blindness" but I think it's just masterful
Why is this the 3rd video in the last week I watched where they mispronounced Guile's name. Have these mfs never even played Street Fighter?
I want another Chrono game whether it’s a sequel or”not sequel”.
There's always Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space.
i agree. i felt it few years after. because i want or would like see a happy ending ot some result from each characters and i would like them all have a reunion r something sit at the dnner table of food and talk about their adventures and then a happy suprising moment happen serge actually walk in etc
Chono break was a idea at one point apparently
What if, space travel was a factor? Going to the home planet of Lavos? Possibly destroying that planet?
I played this well before trigger. It is sort of what got me into jrpgs. Love chrono cross to bits. The chrono and ff series are my absolute favorite.
Thanks for this vídeo. Chrono Cross is my favorite JRPG by far.
Will play it again right now.
Some can argue....but Chrono Cross is JRPG perfection...from mechanics to score....Happy Anniversary Chrono Cross 🤘
I really like how Guile and Magus float the same way instead of just running when we make the characters walk faster.
I’m pretty sure that’s not coincidence by the developers (but I’m not saying they are the same just for this, but the similarities were there to intrigue since before fan theories).
i remember when i finished chrono cross, guile was in my party, and i remember seeing his ending segment and thinking "there's no way this guy isnt magus".
Actually, that part was wrong in this video, Guile's relationship with Magus was clarified.
The developers confirmed Guile was supposed to be Magus/Gil in Chrono Cross, but with all the sea of characters in the game, and the direction the story was heading, they decided to scrap the idea.
So yes, Guile was supposed to be Magus, but ended becoming his own character.
One of the game that makes me feel empty after I finish it. Not because its bad, but because i know its already end and its saddened me.
I hope this one got a remake in the future
There's a rumor a remake is in production...
Comments that aged well.
20 years...I want so many people to know about this game but at least I got to experience such a wonderful story.
for 20 dollars theirs no reason for me not to get the remaster of chrono cross. i hope they remake chrono trigger although i doubt they will do that.
people say chrono trigger is perfect except for the 25 year old graphics. they could do a much better job today then they did back then. They worked with what they had at the time. with todays technology things could be done much better. even an option for voices turned on or off could be possible.
One of the games of my life. Great video, dude! Big hug from Brazil.
Very interesting! Chrono Cross is my childhood, and I learned a lot about it from your video.
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Actually, Lynx's Japanese name "Yamaneko" literally means "wildcat".
Mountain cat
and pochul is me dog pink !
I like many of the original Japanese names better. Marscella > Marcy. Many of the name retranslations were due to the limited spaces in the character names.
It wasn't hinted that magus was gill in radical dreamers, it was outright stated at the end of the game.
It's pretty much confirmed yeah, Magus at the end of Chrono Trigger has amnesia, so he most likely remembers nothing of his past.
This game is such a masterpiece. People keep praising FF (which is also a great series) but when I think of Square this is the game that comes to my mind instantly.
Man, the soundtrack of this game is surely god tier composition. i remember just walking around Another world overworld just to listen to its soundtrack..
Please bring back Chrono Break, Square !!
And now I'm going to have to pull out my PS2 and play some Chrono Cross again.
This was some neat info, glad to have heard some of this prior to the remaster coming out. gonna have to look into more of these little details i might have missed before the new playthrough
I used to fall asleep listening to a few select tracks from the soundtrack. It’s so good.
My favorites will always be the opening song, “Time’s Scar” and “Star Stealing Girl” the best songs.
The game deserves a HD remake and added bonus content, chrono cross brings many of my childhood memories hope it comes back one day
i dont care what anyone says about chrono cross. i love this game whether or not it's a sequel it is also my favorite JRPG. one thing i would change tho is the battle theme music. it's the song you hear the most and it doesn't make me want to fight
No, they said this game was "not a sequel to Chrono Trigger, not a chrono trigger 2". So they weren't saying it wasn't a sequel at all.
The game is very heavily intertwined with Chrono Trigger, taking place after/during Trigger, and the story moves on directly from the events of Crono and co in Trigger. The entire reason the Home World dimension exists is direcrly due to Lavos' defeat at Chrono and co.
Makes sense Kid being the main character. As she is the avatar for Schalla as the Frozen Flame is the avatar for Lavos. But Serge is like "link" between them. "The Arbiter of Fate" is not just a title, Serge is standing as representation for humanity on wether they can play the ancient melody of the Chrono Cross to prove they are one with the World and not "the offspring of Lavos", condemned to hurt Nature back and forth for progress as the reptitees were the natural supposed inheritors of the planet.
With the successful kickstarter of Eiyuden chronicles, I can see some of the old Chrono crew coming back to complete the trilogy.
I would love that to happen, we can only hope. As fans need to speak it into existence, do something to get our voices heard.
There's a mobile game called Another Eden, made by some of the people who worked on trigger and cross. Time travel is a big theme, even has a samurai frog guy, plus prehistoric people and futuristic sci-fi. They've been wanting to port it to the switch, so hopefully they do and it comes overseas.
Kurai Kusanagi I’m gonna check it out now sounds promising.
this is the first game in playstation where you could play as the villain.
I've never played it but it looks like I'm missing out. They should bring it to Steam along with all PS games 😊
I think its on ps3. Or amazon for a fair price for ps1
It's an amazing game. To be honest, it drags a touch in some areas, but the art direction and soundtrack are phenomenal. Uematsu is the uncontested god of SE's library, but many of Yasunori Mitsuda's works are just transcendent. Will be listening to them for the rest of my life.
Anyways, solid 9/10, definitely worth a playthrough.
there is a texture replacement pack that you can enhance the entire game graphics using RetroArch emulator. its fairly easy to do but does take about 30mins or so to set up. its beautiful to play with the graphic enhancements
heres the tutorial to replace the textures. ua-cam.com/video/EyJPe84Kzcw/v-deo.html
it's my favorite game of all time, but i'm biased the level of nostalgia is vomit-inducing whenever i hear even a tinge of the music lol
So glad I'm not the only one that absolutely adored Chrono Cross. It was the game I played(probably too young) when I was I think.. 10? It made me feel, and think, and want to see and know more of the world and game. It was the first game to really do that for me.
Now, at 30, it's still one of my absolute favorites.
My first ever Rpg game that I've played.
there is a crossover between Chrono Cross and one mobile game which is Another Eden
One of my favorite RPG's of all time. Very underrated.
“Chrono Cross is not a sequel to Chrono Trigger”
Bull many of the events in Cross happened as a result of what directly happened in Trigger
Yes I HATE it when people say it isnt a sequel. Thought "directly" is... indirect. As all endings are canon, there is not a direct timeline, but many of them.
It's not a sequel. It's another story in that same universe. Much like Lord of the rings is NOT a sequel to the Hobbit. Shares elements, characters and has relation. Is a different story, it's own story.
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Trying to redefine the meaning of sequels eh?
TLotR is a sequel to Hobbit, Tolkien even wrote it as such. CC in turn has so much of its plot come from the events of FF that it’s ridiculous to act like they’re not related. It’s not like thematic series like Final Fantasy where each numbered installment has no direct impact on the other. The PS1 & DS versions even added some plot points that further connected CT & CC
It literally says on the disk box that it is a sequel that takes place 20 years after chrono trigger. I don't know how it can be more clear. But that is the world we live in I guess, where people are dumb and make up their own narratives.
Call it what you want but without a third title to bring them together it's mostly (although not entirely) two different stories.
Cross is definitely one of my favorite games of all time. Great video! 👍🏾
The main story, the soundtracks, characters backstory, the world, this game is everything in my childhood
One of my absolute favorites. It's genuinely beautiful. Loved it from beginning to end.
I fell in love with this game wen I was younger and I put so many hours in this game and I played it so much I had to buy 3 different copy’s and went through 2 ps1 and played so much man also have it on a ps3 and still to this day have a copy with all of my games
The entire sound track to this game gets me every single time.
Well, I think you answered a question I've had for a long while: Why we haven't seen a re-release of Chrono Cross? Licensing issues with the music.
Hands down one of the best RPGs ever made. It has one of the most satisfying combat systems even to this day. I’d love to see it adopted and modernized. Such a great system.
I love our generation of gaming. The new kids are being programed way differently . They won't see it the same.
I had a conversation with a Japanese-American in Akihabara a few years ago. When Chrono Cross, I shouted something like “Chrono Cross is the best thing since the Wehrmacht!” Some people stared but I don’t care.
i played it so much i had to buy a new copy
How I can play that game in 2020?
Other then buying a copy for ps1 not sure
This is one of those games that is such a classic that any rpg enthusiast or anyone interested in japanese videogame history should know about it, and a shout-out in a form of a remake, sequel or whatever would totally land it nowadays.
IKnowing the facts or not aside, it's a pleasure to watch this video since it nails the structure. Very interesting, very eloquent about what makes the game good, it gets personal but it's also professional... nice vid.
From one Chrono fan from the other, I hereby salute you.
Cheers.
"not a sequel" about a game that references the other game heavily at points. showing characters from the other game. mainly about a non playable character from the other game. and actualy has set peices such as nadia's bell
the creators only started the "yeah nothing to do with eachother" thing to shut up angry fans because they killed off chrono marle and lucca
I played this game just recently thinking at first that the titles were just coincidental lol and when I heard the victory theme I was like "yeah this is Chrono Trigger"
Its really not. Just because it has the lore, and references the characters, and the only true physical connection in the game was Kid, technically Schala, which was nevwr properly explained or fleshed out, then threw in a random final boss that you only knew about in the last couple hours of the game, I'd say thats very loosely basex.
@@nonyabidness8676 dont get me wrong. I love the game. I still have it digitally on my ps3. It just didn't address any of the issues. You never figure out why Schala was there. Guile was supposed to be Magus keeping an eye on Kid/Schala but the creators felt it would take away too much from the story already. They didnt address the multiverse that they inevitably created in the original. It all felt rushed to give Chrono Trigger something after.
@@QuackTape21 dude you actually see crono and lucca in Chrono Cross.
@@robertoveroyguitar I know. But if uou didnt already know this was a sequel...youd think who the fuck are these kids? Which is why I say its loose
I just recently beat this game in the most perfect way possible. Every single character, every single 7th lvl tech (even a fully evolved Pip), every single character has a rainbow weapon and rainbow mail. Now whenever I wanna re experience this game, I can load up a file and beat it in a couple hours.
Didn't they even reference Radical Dreamers as another parallel dimension?
In Chrono Cross, there are two main dimensions (Home World and Another World), Sprigg's pocket dimension, and the little dimensional bend. When you're in Chronopolis, you can find a room with one of the save points taken apart. In the dimension that FATE controlled (Another?), the save points are where people go get advice for their day - which is just FATE telling them what to do to preserve her timeline. In Home World, the save points are known as RECORDS instead, where people save their stories. FATE has access to read these, but not to talk to them. That is, FATE couldn't direct these people, but could see how that dimension/universe played out.
...but there's one taken apart on a table in Chronopolis like someone was fixing it or doing maintenance on it. But it mentions Serge, Kid, and Magus (I believe), and I always thought it must have been ONE Record of Fate that was actually recording from the Radical Dreamers dimension, meaning it is canon to Chrono Cross as one more parallel world. So that wouldn't make Chrono Cross a remake so much as it would make it a parallel to that world.
And...Another World's overworld theme, to this day, brings tears to my eyes.
EDIT: Also, you said "Serge, being the narrator in Radical Dreamers..." ...isn't it ironic that the former narrator became the SILENT Protagonist?
Yes, I remember something like that, it felt strange to me that Eric didn't talk about it... Anyway, the japanese name being "Alfador" as well as Magus' cat, could easily mean Magus disguised himself inspired by his cat too, doesn't it ?
I can't find where I heard about it, but apparently they used a script to write the general text for characters with accents ie. if the phrase was "This is a cat", the script would run it for Harle "Diz iz a cat." while Steena or someone else would say it differently.
When the video started and the music played; I almost teared up from sheer nostalgia.
I think about it like this:
Kid is Chronopolis' guide for Serge to help humanity.
Harle is Dinopolis' guide for Serge to help the demi humans and dragon kind.
It was a theory and while it's not a flawless theory, there is some room for plausibility.
I never got to play it fully way back when it launched, Not long ago I heard about the Eiyuden project and I've been playing the suikoden games as a celebration for the spiritual successor of the series.. I guess I'll give Chrono Cross a go this upcoming days, thanks Eric!
Best gaming experience ever. As for the music, words just cannot express it.
Great video Eric!!.. One of my all time favourite games too! I own a physical copy and the digital copy. I also bought the official walk-through😁. I have completed it dozens of times and still love coming back to it every now and then. Pure RPG with amazing music its legendary just like it's first game ..Chrono Trigger!🤤
I loved this game, got it imported when i was younger. Need to get it again :)
I really want to play this game, but I get nervous about the fact that there are characters that you can miss recruiting.
While you CAN miss recruiting characters, that's not something to seriously worry about - like its predecessor, you're meant to play the game multiple times via New Game+. It's actually impossible to recruit all of the characters in a single playthrough.
I'm gonna try it again. I think it's on pstv?
[SPOILERS] I don't remember where I heard it, but somewhere I picked up the impression that Harle, being the Dark Moon Dragon, could have been somehow deliberately patterned off of Schala by the dragons when they created her to free them. Meaning, while she's definitely not Kid's other version (also because we actually see the other version of Harle frozen in time in the Dead Sea), she could still be yet another clone. Just built entirely differently and...also a dragon, somehow.
(Also she's listed as 18 and right-handed, whereas Kid is 16 and ambidextrous. The ages would kind of line up in that Harle must have been created first, but it makes the Lucca scene totally baffling unless Harle is in fact ageless or they just didn't have the resources to make a younger model.)
One of my all time favorites definitely needs a new one ❤️
A true role playing game,that truly still has a role to play!! #ThankYou
Always nice to see more Chrono Cross content. The game is criminally underrepresented.
my fav game of all time, its as close to my heart as it is to yours. i vividly remember playing this for the first time. since then ive beaten is 20+ times.
“Daring” is a great descriptor because not all the gameplay mechanics worked well or were intuitive for new players. OST is one of the greatest tho
oh Erick...what a time to be alive
This game deserve to have a REMAKE.. Legendary.
One more thing: It has surround sound, if you've got a compatible dolby system.
Even though it's got the dolby surround logo on the case, it was easy to ignore and not notice this back in the day since really not many people had (or could afford) a proper surround sound system with a receiver with pro logic decoding.
As you would expect of a game so heavily focused on sound, it's a real treat.
Guile almost being called alfador is so unbelievably fitting.
I loved this video, the theories about Harle and Kid, and specially the Suikoden referece
I like how you employed the 'super sekrit' scene in the radical dreamers game(accessed through the already secret music menu). Glorious.
Would love a Remake of this. I have some fond Memories of Chrono Cross
I made the Guile-Magus connection without knowing anything about Radical Dreamers.
The hair, black magic affinity, mask and mystery all pointed in that direction- and from Chrono Trigger we are made to understand that Magus went searching for Schala
Finally some love given to this great game! Thanks man! Awesome video! \o/
eyyyy props im the one that posted that thumbnail fanart on danbooru
Just got mine today 😊 looking forward to it😁
Man CC has by far the best turn based battle system of all time.
I hope we get a remaster at some point.
Or even just a simple rerelease on current systems.
Its really SO sad that we are stuck with Nomura's "Final Kingdom Hearts VII remake" bullshit instead of actual masterpieces like this or Xenogears.....Gosh Square!
Its funny to think this masterpiece was made by one person that made years later the great disaster that was FFXIV 1.0 being fired from Square Enix after that. Ouch
Magus, you magnificent bastard, you were right in front of me all along!
Of course he was before your eyes: Magus is the main character - Serge. There is a letter in the mansion in which Lucca from Chrono Trigger calls Serge "Janus".
@@alexgainsborough4921 . Lol, no. That is totally false.
@@SeventhheavenDK play the game.
@@alexgainsborough4921 wait what? I never found that letter...when, where?, Which part??
@@danthovict381 Here is the letter: ua-cam.com/video/FRyCy2IDnlw/v-deo.html
I agree, there is no clear indication of Serge, it just says about the person who is now next to Kid. Well, I took it on to Serge - he's the one who teamed up with her in this story.
All of your points were so interesting that they stopped from multitasking hahaha such a wonderful game. Great video!
I still have this game. I think I'll revisit it soon. Probably been 18+ years since I touched it, beat it twice.
The sound track for the game is amazing. I could stay at one area just to listen to the soundtrack.
Just saying everytime youtube recommends a video on a old game that was made in the past week theres like a remake announcement just around the corner