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[siamesedreamer]

I was in Fry's today and came across the PS1 version of Chrono Trigger. Since I've heard about it a lot, I decided to pick it up (its the compilation version with FFII).

I looked at Gamerankings.com and Chrono Cross seems to be rated higher as Chrono Trigger isn't high on any of the lists (if its there at all). Does the PS1 version suck or something?

 

[BobbyRobby]

The PS1 version has added anime cut scenes, but horrendous load times.

Still better than CC IMO.

 

[VerTiGo]

I've always liked Chrono Cross better. Better battle system, larger game, tons of replayability, and not to forget one of the best videogame soundtracks ever.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Chrono Trigger is WAY better.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Is there any doubt? Chrono Trigger.

 

[Wunderchu]

Trigger .............. Chrono Trigger is arguably the best RPG of all time...

 

[Doom_Bringer]

Chrono Cross! The environments, the music, the characters, the battle system were all awesome! CT is ugly and unplayable for me, must have been a great game for it's time though.

 

[Razoric]

Chrono Trigger >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Chrono Cross

Ways it is better:
Music
Story
Characters
Battle System
Graphics (2D > PSOne 3D)
etc
etc
etc

Not even a contest.

And for the record, I liked Chrono Cross it just doesnt hold a candle to the original. :O

 

[FortNinety]

Even those totally foreign to RPGs know the answer: Trigger is much, much better.

 

[Borys]

16-bit heavy-nostalgia fanbois: TRIGGER!
32-bit fanbois: CROSS!

Me: get both, they are worth it.
Trigger isn't as awesome as people say it is and Cross isn't as awful as people say it is.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Chrono Cross! The environments, the music, the characters, the battle system were all awesome! CT is ugly and unplayable for me, must have been a great game for it's time though.

Chrono Trigger is far from ugly. Chrono Cross is pretty harsh on the eyes these days though, especially the first hour of the game.

 

[Mallrat83]

Wow, I honestly didn't think there would be any argument Chrono Trigger is the better of the two. By far.

 

[Useff]

Trigger is superlative, but Cross is still great.

 

[papercut]

I played Trigger when it came out, and I was pretty much appalled at how Cross was such a step down in comparison.

 

[Doom_Bringer]

Chrono Trigger is far from ugly. Chrono Cross is pretty harsh on the eyes these days though, especially the first hour of the game.

CC looks phenomenal on ePSXe (PSX emulator). I tried to play CT but couldn't stand the ugly 2d graphics and the midi soundtrack.

 

[jett]

I've always liked Chrono Cross better. Better battle system, larger game, tons of replayability, and not to forget one of the best videogame soundtracks ever.

Yes. Chrono Cross is better. Trigger wasn't even all that back in the day.

 

[The Bookerman]

Cross is a piece of Crap that I should be buried with ET for Atari 2600

 

[strikeselect]

Chrono Trigger - no contest

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Cross is a piece of Crap that I should be buried with ET for Atari 2600

I still own my copy of ET, but it's not allowed to be near my other games.

 

[Razoric]

I'm honestly in shock there are people who like CC over CT. I know people are entitled to their opinions but my god... :O

 

[Duck of Death]

Chrono Cross

 

[jiggle]

Chrono Cross

 

[Cherubae]

Definatly Trigger. I couldn't even finish playing Cross. I tried twice and got bored at the same spot near the end of the game. I did enjoy the Kid character in Cross though, even if the game wasn't as enjoyable to me as Trigger was.

 

[Ronin]

I don't care much for either of them but if I had to choose, I'd take CC.

 

[whytemyke]

It's tough for me, as I didn't catch CT til it was released on the PS1 (and even then I didn't buy it til Kmart put it on clearance and I got it for 20 bucks.)

It's kind of unfair to compare an SNES game to a late, late PS1 game. I think you've got to ask yourself, if both were updated for this generation, which would hold up better? And in that case I'd have to go with... Chrono Trigger. I think the characters would be more important to the storyline (no need to have 30+ characters when theres no story to 25 of them), the music could be phenomenal, and the initial idea of time travel between all the times, and seeing the effects of all your travels on different time periods, could be amazing.

Not to trash CC, as I still liked the game a lot (even though I was pretty damn irked that they only let me explore one fraction of the world... how retarded is that?) but it just couldn't hold a stick to CT in a fair challenge.

 

[stone128]

I could never get into CCross... Trigger all the way.

 

[argon]

CC looks phenomenal on ePSXe (PSX emulator). I tried to play CT but couldn't stand the ugly 2d graphics and the midi soundtrack.

Ugly? CT was graphically stunning for its time, and still holds up very well today.. If you don't like 2d graphics in general, thats fine.. but the game is not ugly by any means.

- a great story spanning across multiple eras
- arguably the best graphics of any SNES RPG
- an amazing soundtrack (if you discount it because its midi, turn in your gamer's license right now)
- great character design
- multiple endings, and replay value.. yes, in an RPG!

It's probably my overall favorite RPG, and I'm sure I'm not alone. IMHO it was Square at the peak of its skills.

I bought CC, but just couldn't get into it.. I was extremely dissappointed by it. That's not to say it wasn't a good game, but it just wasn't what I was looking for after playing CT.

 

[Maggo007]

CT>CC

game with time travel = instant win

 

[Ruas]

i always would have said chrono trigger. but now i think its cross.

 

[adamma666]

Trigger isn't as awesome as people say it is

right. it's even better.

 

[SpoonyBard]

The plot and gameplay are better in CT, CC still plays great, but the story kind of loses it's focus on the second CD. CT is one of the best looking SNES games and CC is one of the best looking PS1 games. The 2D graphics are still great in CC, and the music is amazing. The music in CT is just ok.

But yeah, they are both great games, the Chrono Cross haters probably expected it to be a direct sequel to Chrono Trigger.

 

[wipeout364]

Chrono Cross by a mile. With trigger its just nostalgia talking.

 

[Bobety]

Trigger is better, cross is still good though.

Oh, and the ps1 version of chrono trigger is awful, for some reason the music plays at like half the speed of the snes version, i couldn't bring myself to continue playing it (the music is one of the best things about CT).

 

[Zaphod]

Apples and oranges to me. About the only thing the same between them is how the battles take place on the same screen you walk on. Which is cool to me, I liked that part. Both games are fun for what they are.

 

[Diablos]

Chrono Trigger, if only because it's one of the very few 16-bit games that so many years later still plays, looks, and sounds good.

Unfortunately, CC fell victim to the PSX RPG machine, which was good for it's time but does not age well at all... save the soundtrack.

 

[Zeenbor]

Chrono Trigger

 

[Drakken]

Chrono Trigger

*looks at the last post and avatar and laughs*

Seriously, though, I prefer Trigger. They're both great games, though; you might as well play through both of them if you haven't.

Btw, a remake of Chrono Trigger with current-gen-quality music would be amazingly awesome.

 

[iapetus]

1) Buy Chrono Trigger for PSX.
2) Download the ROM and play it on a SNES emulator.

Probably still not legal, but I certainly wouldn't lose sleep over it.

 

[Tamanon]

Chrono Trigger

The setting and characters are just so much more likeable than Cross. While a decent game, it's not replayable at all for me. But Trigger I can always pick back up at any time and play through.

 

[Dead]

Chrono Cross is much much better.

 

[Gattsu25]

Chrono Cross because some overly defensive people get strokes whenever someone suggests it

 

[Red Scarlet]

Coma Cross is horrible. Go with Chrono Trigger.

 

[Tamanon]

You just can't go wrong with a Fist Pump every few minutes.

 

[Madame M]

Soundtrack? Chrono Cross

Game? Chrono Trigger

Both that great of games?

No.

Chrono Trigger had some amazing production values though.

 

[Red Scarlet]

Yes, yes it does, Himu.

 

[Red Scarlet]

I returned it after waking up.

 

[haunts]

Chrono Trigger felt like much more of a complete game. Cross just seemed sketchy in certain areas although its been a while since i played it..

 

[Dragona Akehi]

Both games suck.


Lufia II!

Brandish!

Valkyrie Profile!

Grandia!

TAG TEAM TOGETHER! CRAPPY GAMES BEGONE!

 

[Tamanon]

Lufia 2 was so amazing. When Dekar came back.....

-sniff-

Had me cheering at the screen!

 

[Madame M]

That is not a convincing picture of Brandish, dear.