| The plot
starts out with Crono (the main character) waking up to the sound of
his mother's voice. The Millennial Fair that Crono had been looking
forward to just started. He quickly rushes off to meet his friend
Lucca who is participating in the fair, showing off her new teleporter
invention. On his way to the fair, Crono bumps into a beautiful young
girl (literally) causing her to lose the pendant she was carrying.
Crono finds it and he gives the pendant back to her. The girl (Marle)
tells Crono that she's new to the town and doesn't know that many
people, and being the gentleman that he is lets her tag along. After
running around the fair stuffing they're faces and having a little fun
they find Lucca and her dad showing off Lucca's new invention,
"The Telepod", an invention capable of creating a warp field
made to transport a person from one place to another. Crono, being the
daring boy that he is tires out Lucca's invention. The crowd was
amazed that it worked. Marle thought it looked
like fun
so she volunteered to test the
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| Telepod also. Lucca and her dad started
up the machine when all of a sudden things started to go wrong.
Marle's Pendant that she had dropped earlier was interfering with the
warp field that the Telepod was creating. The interference created a
portal to which Marle was sucked into, leaving her pendant behind.
Crono, not knowing where the portal leads, quickly grabs the Pendant,
recreates the portal and travels through to rescue her. Crono soon
finds out that he has been sent 400 years into the past. One thing
leads to another and Crono and his friends find themselves fighting
for their world and its future.
One of the most
exciting things about this game is how you can travel back and forth
through time. Traveling through time gives the player not just one
world to explore but five different worlds throughout the past,
present and the future. Changing one thing in the past creates changes
to the future timeline. This also causes for multiple endings which is
also very nice and ups the replay value.
The Plot speaks for
itself, leaving you with many things to remember. Traveling back and
forth through time you'll find out why so many people believe that
this is the greatest RPG ever created. The plot creates a sense of
emotion that pulls you into the game and leaves you craving for more.
I'm not going to tell you anything more about the plot; I wouldn't
want to spoil one of the best stories ever created for an RPG.
The game's music
adds a lot of depth to the plot. Every song fits perfectly within its
scene and creates an overall feeling of originality to the game.
Mitsuda (composer) knows how to manipulate a song to effect the
emotions that is needed to boost the game's feel. Mitsuda ranks up
there with Uematsu (Final Fantasy series). So those of you that like
Uematsu's work then you'll love Mitsuda's work in Chrono Trigger. The
sound FX goes along with the game for the most part. There are some
sounds that are pretty strange but nothing that dulls the game at all.
The battle system is
another great part of this game. One of the best I've seen so far.
After defeating an opponent the characters obtain Tech points. Tech
skills are fighting skills that each of the individuals learn by
obtaining Tech points. When battling with different team members,
characters can learn different combinations such as Dual Techs and
Triple Techs, enabling the characters to use their Tech skills to
double team, or even triple team an opponent. Magic is separated into
elements. Each character has his/her own individual element (e.g.
Crono uses lightning, Lucca uses fire, Marle uses Ice).
All in all this game
is breathtakingly incredible. Over the past few years, Chrono Trigger
has developed sort of a cult following. People still can't get enough
of Crono and his gang. The only sad thing about this game is the fact
that it is hardly obtainable, since they stopped producing them a
while ago. The new Playstation version (packed with new anime
cutscenes) is most likely stay in the land of the rising sun, never to
be seen in the US, unless of course you heir a translator and import
the game. There is still hope. You could scan E-Bay looking for an
original SNES copy which usually runs about $70-$80. The only other
way of scoring this great title is downloading a SNES emulator along
with the Chrono Trigger mod, but in some cases that can be illegal.
None the less, this game will live on, and hopefully someday Square
will realize that Chrono Trigger has created an impact over here and
that we deserve a Playstation version. Until then, happy hunting. |
