Chrono Cross

Though I'll sadly admit I haven't played the highly acclaimed Video games 'Chrono Triger' by fantasy game goers, I knew I was desperate to play a great refreshing game that made my thumbs blue, my mind fried, and my butt soars after hours of awsome playing. The night I rented it I was sitting on my rear four hours straight. I couldn't believe how fun the game was. The graphics were great, and the music alone should win a Grammy.

Although I have yet to beat this game of 100% enjoyment, I look forward to the many surprises it still holds in waiting for me.

Get transportation. If you don't have a vehicle- WALK. Go to your nearest Video Store and BUY or RENT!!! Then go home, have food and a drink next to you and a large pillow for hours of comforting support. When you can hardly keep your eyes open-SLEEP until you can no longer sleep. Wake up refreshed, eat a good meal and go back to playing! Enjoy....

For people looking for a sequel to Chrono Trigger (Like me), this isn't for you.

The storyline is only barely connected to the first game, and the gameplay is straight from a recent Final Fantasy game.

Although the music was excellent and the graphics were great for a Playstation game, this game was sorely disappointing for me.

Overall: 6/10

The simple fact that it was the sequel to one of my favourite games of all time, Chrono Trigger, had me divided when the hype began to rise around the game. Did I really want another Chrono in my life? Then when I found out there was going to be over 40 playable characters, and that the storyline would actually fluctuate and change around the individual choices made through the game (unlike in Chrono Trigger, where only endings really changed), my skepticism grew immensely. That could be why I found it so immersing a game when I actually got my hands on it. The plot revolves around Serge, who (twenty years after events in Chrono Trigger) has been pulled mysteriously into another world very much like his own, but different--most notably because he finds that the Serge in this other world has been dead ten years. The quest to get home starts off innocently enough, but soon after Serge discovers he's the key in a devious, involved conspiracy that leads to a final confrontation with a very unlikely foe. Though many of the 40-some characters found in the game lack any depth at all, and were, to be honest, much too cutesy in some cases for my liking, the manner in which they all seem to join your little party has a down-to-earth feel to it that makes the more plot-orientated characters seem even more important and the story itself come alive in a way that I had never experienced in other RPGs. The battle system seems only a confusing make-over of the classic point and click menu system at first, but after a few battles and the extensive tutorial the superb depth of battles is revealed. Graphically, the entire game is rich with vibrant colours and organic animations that bring such life to Chrono Cross's backgrounds. The characters are well crafted, and each individual has their own style of fighting very different from the others, which adds enough depth to make you want to put a few of the two-dimensioned characters in your party for a few rounds of battle. And of course the full motion video takes, though not used extensively, are well done and used in the right moments to help carry the story even further. Musically, Chrono Cross is exceptional. Yasunori Mitsuda's use of original composition, Chrono Trigger rearrangements, and inclusion of music from the little known first sequel to Chrono Trigger, "Radical Dreamers", delights the ears, while adding ambience and emotion in all the right places, not to mention the instrument synthesis is probably the best ever heard on a PSX. The overall story itself, billed as a continuation of Chrono Trigger, but not as a true sequel, manages to walk that fine line that will keep most Chrono Trigger fans happy while not taking away from those who never played the classic. People who did play CT will definitely get more out of the game's incredible revelations, and recognize some of the more subtle references, but I was really disappointed in the lack of true "Nu" (there are things called "beach bums" which I believe were trying to be passed off as Nu but I won't be fooled). The only other bothersome thing was that some of the characters were... more or less rip offs of CT characters, which makes me wonder why not just include the original characters as playable and let them contribute to the plot? In a perfect world perhaps. Chrono Cross, though, is a great experience which I recommend to anyone that likes a little innovation once in awhile. It's a worthy addition to the "Chrono" Universe.

Chrono Cross is an omniverse composition of beautiful artwork (graphic - design - text - soundtrack likewise) and most complex philosophical story of immense value, covering whole bio-socio-psychological inter-relations of each individua in their existence on this planet through several protagonists. Although at the beginning it appears as if we're dealing with a somewhat cliché plot, it soon reveals to be incredibly developed and deep, finally to expand into almost infinite creative complexion, awakening hundreds of questions, and offering possible answers men since Antic try to find. Chrono Cross is not just a Playstation Game, it's a masterpiece of written and drawn expression, it goes far beyond any other game in these terms, and proposes thrilling experience to perceptive gamer. Apart from this, in logic to the entire game, it offers incredible reply value and contains massive amount of secrets to be revealed, not even in 20 reruns will you find everything. You will get no information about the very content from me - should you find this review interesting and luring, get a game without checking, and play it for the wisdom and knowledge it offers.

Chrono Cross is absolutely amazing. Everything about this game, in my opinion, is practically perfect: the graphics, the music, the characters, the storyline. If you loved Chrono Trigger, then you will definitely love Chrono Cross. I would recommend this game to any RPG lover.