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Chrono Cross
PlayStation
Released On: Aug 15, 2000
8.8
All Platforms
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
94
100% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
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0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
94
100% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
It's like nothing you've ever played before, and should be considered an instant classic by anyone with an appreciation for good RPG's.
Simply, one of the best RPG's ever made, and one of the finest games for the PlayStation console.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 508 User Ratings
8.8
86% Positive
439 Ratings
439 Ratings
7% Mixed
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
7% Negative
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 508 User Ratings
8.8
86% Positive
439 Ratings
439 Ratings
7% Mixed
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
7% Negative
35 Ratings
35 Ratings
A masterpiece in its own way, and a great legacy to Chrono Trigger.
The amount of characters allow a diverse experience to each gamer.
Story is intriguing, soundtrack is phenomenal and gameplay is pretty innovative.
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Mi primera impresión no fue tan buena, porque el sistema de combate basado en colores elementales no me convencía mucho, pero le di una oportunidad y la historia me enganchó por completo, y no me soltó hasta el final. No estoy de acuerdo con las críticas de los fans de trigger, de que deja mal a los personajes del primer juego, y tampoco estoy de acuerdo con la crítica de que tiene demasiados personajes y no profundiza en ellos, son secundarios que puedes reclutar para el combate y te cuentan lo necesario sobre ellos, los principales están bien desarrollados y son muy carismáticos, sobre todo Kid, que arrasa a todos en carisma, si tengo alguna pega es que Serge no debería ser mudo. La historia es fascinante, profunda, reflexiva,con giros de guión que te vuelan la cabeza, y en mi opinión, más compleja, y superior a la de Chrono trigger. El combate no me apasiona, pero está bien, correcto. Y el mapa no es muy extenso, y es algo simple, muy inferior a los de los mejores final fantasy en exploración, secretos, variedad de enemigos. A pesar de eso, lo considero uno de los más grandes jrpg de la historia y una obra maestra en la historia, no en la jugabilidad.
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A truly epic role-playing game experience that has cemented its place in the annals of RPG history.
With its refreshing design, cool music and engaging storyline, this game has to be one of the greatest RPGs that has ever exited the Squaresoft building.
From the incredible story line to the combat system to the great visuals to the overall feel of the game, players will get the sense of how much of an impact a game like this can have.
While paling in comparison to its celebrated predecessor, "Chrono Cross's" great character design and intriguing combat system ensure that the game is anything but the misfire it could so easily have been.
Los personajes, la trama y el gameplay es espectacular, la mecánica de juegos muy pulidas para la época, lo recomiendo al 100%
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Never mind the fact that this game is meant to be a sequel to Chrono Trigger. It's still a rather disappointing experience. Even if you were to try to count Cross as its own game, its blatant, though rare, references to Trigger make it hard to do so; it's incredibly distracting. Its story falls flat due to two things: its needlessly complicated plot and lack of focus on characters. The producers of Cross must have underestimated just how attached players had become to the characters of Trigger; the characters felt real and players felt they could relate to them. This is what kept its simple plot alive. Cross, however, trades this off for a plot that starts out interesting but ends up falling over itself and stuffed down the player's throat.
The gameplay is somewhat engaging, though not very balanced between player and AI. The stamina and percentage mechanics are neat concepts, but the battles usually feel easy. Combine this with a magic-grid system for 45 different characters and you have something that is, like the story, needlessly complicated and tedious.
The game does deserve to be praised for its presentation: this is probably the best looking PS1 game. Add to that a stunning and fitting soundtrack and the game suddenly becomes something worth playing at least once. Overall, Chrono Cross attempts to stand proud with it's older brother, as well as with other JRPGs, but utterly fails.
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A game with a genius battle system and soundtrack that is held back by its unevenly executed story (ie: info dumps). The game's world and art is beautiful, but the emotional attachment to the story is put singularly on one character that they put on hiatus for the entire second act. It honestly lacks drive but has enough verve for its own audience.
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This game wanted so bad to be Chrono Trigger... it fails, badly. This game is ok... you won't try to claw your eyes out while playing it... but it fails horribly as a sequel to one of the best RPGs in all of gaming.
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This game is not the classic people make it out to be. It tries a bunch of new things that none work very well. You can only have three characters, only about 6 matter to the story, and there are 44 of them in total. RPGs are supposed have great character development, this has one of the worst character developments in any RPG, that and the level system with the stars is lame and uninspired. The story is not easy to follow and jumps all over the place. I'll take quality characters even if it is a small core cast over a character cast that's this big and shallow any day. Pass on this, it wasn't great in 2000, and still is nothing to write home about.
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Summary Featuring a storyline developed by the creator of Chrono Trigger and Xenogears, Chrono Cross has been christened the "Best RPG Creation" by its development team. With multiple scenarios cast along a single story thread, and many different endings, each replay can result in an entirely new adventure. In addition, a brand new bat...
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- PlayStation
Initial Release Date: Aug 15, 2000
Developer:
- SquareSoft
Publisher: Square EA
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