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Nintendo Switch Square Enix Game Sale (Digital): Crisis Core $40, Chrono Cross

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GreenCrayon3641
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No – Chrono Cross is about as much a sequel to Chrono Trigger as Super Mario Bros. 2 is a sequel to Super Mario Bros.

Chrono Cross is really a sequel to the visual novel Radical Dreamers, which is included in this Switch release (but which, IMHO, is a pretty blah experience, particularly if you're not a huge visual novel fan, as I'm not). At some point in its development, a decision was made to bring it into the Chrono Trigger series, but the game does not have any real intrinsic connection. (The contemporaneous PS1 RPG Xenogears has a bit more of a Chrono Trigger-esque "feel," in my opinion, though it has never been released for Switch.)

There certainly *are* plot points in Chrono Cross which make explicit connections with Chrono Trigger, but no familiarity with the prior game is needed and if anything, familiarity with the prior game will only frustrate your expectations. The battle system, characters, and plot are all fairly different, and apart from the occasional plot connection, Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger are not much more similar than any other two Squaresoft JRPGs.

Chrono Cross is, in the end, a good JRPG that has always suffered in comparison with the GOAT JRPG.

That said, if you haven't played Chrono Trigger... do yourself a favor and play it!
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NickieBoy97
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FYI the Kingdom Hearts games are cloud streaming only, you will need a very strong internet connection to play them otherwise you will have lots of input delay.

You will have a much better experience playing them elsewhere.
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davepergola
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Can't wait to add Chrono Cross to the list of games I will purchase again (third time now for me) and never replay.

I need some new re-releases of Final Fantasy Tactics and Star Ocean: The Second Story to rebuy but never replay.
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Mar 17, 2023 4:25 AM
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NickieBoy97Mar 17, 2023 4:25 AM
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Quote from GoroAkechi :
Do you need to play Crono Trigger first?
It's very loosely connected, there's a few characters from Trigger that will pop up in Cross. Other than that though it is totally a separate story/game. You will be ok playing it on its own, you might just miss out on a few references and Easter eggs to Trigger.
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FYI the Kingdom Hearts games are cloud streaming only, you will need a very strong internet connection to play them otherwise you will have lots of input delay.

You will have a much better experience playing them elsewhere.
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JimmyR30Mar 17, 2023 6:12 AM
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The Switch version of Chrono Cross has been widely criticized for being an awful port. Many claim it's actually worse than the original, and Square effectively ruined it with a lazy, half-assed reproduction.

Metacritic user score: 4.3 / 10

You've been warned.
Last edited by JimmyR30 March 17, 2023 at 01:22 AM.
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Mar 17, 2023 7:50 AM
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ConFuMar 17, 2023 7:50 AM
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Will Crisis Core ruin FF7 for me? Haven't played either.

Any opinions on FFIX?
Mar 17, 2023 10:45 AM
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RosemourneMar 17, 2023 10:45 AM
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Quote from GreenCrayon3641 :
No – Chrono Cross is about as much a sequel to Chrono Trigger as Super Mario Bros. 2 is a sequel to Super Mario Bros.

Chrono Cross is really a sequel to the visual novel Radical Dreamers, which is included in this Switch release (but which, IMHO, is a pretty blah experience, particularly if you're not a huge visual novel fan, as I'm not). At some point in its development, a decision was made to bring it into the Chrono Trigger series, but the game does not have any real intrinsic connection. (The contemporaneous PS1 RPG Xenogears has a bit more of a Chrono Trigger-esque "feel," in my opinion, though it has never been released for Switch.)

There certainly *are* plot points in Chrono Cross which make explicit connections with Chrono Trigger, but no familiarity with the prior game is needed and if anything, familiarity with the prior game will only frustrate your expectations. The battle system, characters, and plot are all fairly different, and apart from the occasional plot connection, Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger are not much more similar than any other two Squaresoft JRPGs.

Chrono Cross is, in the end, a good JRPG that has always suffered in comparison with the GOAT JRPG.

That said, if you haven't played Chrono Trigger... do yourself a favor and play it!
Xenogears feels like a CT sequel because it was initially meant to be one. The lead developer and his wife wrote the story and much of the game to be the sequel to Chrono Trigger. When Square gave that title to Chrono Cross, Xenogears was given a chunk of the Chrono Trigger team to release as a separate IP, so it makes sense that it would feel more like the sequel than, ironically, the sequel.
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eaims1Mar 17, 2023 10:48 AM
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Quote from JimmyR30 :
The Switch version of Chrono Cross has been widely criticized for being an awful port. Many claim it's actually worse than the original, and Square effectively ruined it with a lazy, half-assed reproduction.

Metacritic user score: 4.3 / 10

You've been warned.
While the critique is most likely true, I would never trust Metacritic user scores with all the 0/10 and 10/10 review bombing/shilling for people that never even played the game. And this applies to pretty much every game.
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eaims1Mar 17, 2023 10:50 AM
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Quote from Maverick1776 :
FFVII is also $7.99 on PSN. For those who are not aware. The PS4/Switch release of FFVII is a re-release, not the 1997 version. Graphics are cleaner, plus they added 2 built in cheats. One where you avoid battles, another where you level up very fast.
There is also a speed up cheat and another that basically makes you invincible too. Full limit bar, full hp, full mp. Only used it to fill the limit bar a few times so I'm not sure if it revives KOed members or if nothing can actually kill you.

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Mar 17, 2023 11:42 AM
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akhobbesMar 17, 2023 11:42 AM
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This SMB analogy comparing CC and CT is pretty off. The fact that you said that there are plot points with explicit connections proves my point. SMB2 wasn't even a Mario game, it was Doki Doki Panic and then reskinned with Mario characters.

If you think CT and CC's stories aren't relevant then I think you may have missed the point of the final conversation at Opassa Beach and therefore the ending.

DO play CT first. The mystery of CC is basically figuring out what happened to everyone from the first game, which completely enriches the CC experience.

Quote from GreenCrayon3641 :
No – Chrono Cross is about as much a sequel to Chrono Trigger as Super Mario Bros. 2 is a sequel to Super Mario Bros.

Chrono Cross is really a sequel to the visual novel Radical Dreamers, which is included in this Switch release (but which, IMHO, is a pretty blah experience, particularly if you're not a huge visual novel fan, as I'm not). At some point in its development, a decision was made to bring it into the Chrono Trigger series, but the game does not have any real intrinsic connection. (The contemporaneous PS1 RPG Xenogears has a bit more of a Chrono Trigger-esque "feel," in my opinion, though it has never been released for Switch.)

There certainly *are* plot points in Chrono Cross which make explicit connections with Chrono Trigger, but no familiarity with the prior game is needed and if anything, familiarity with the prior game will only frustrate your expectations. The battle system, characters, and plot are all fairly different, and apart from the occasional plot connection, Chrono Cross and Chrono Trigger are not much more similar than any other two Squaresoft JRPGs.

Chrono Cross is, in the end, a good JRPG that has always suffered in comparison with the GOAT JRPG.

That said, if you haven't played Chrono Trigger... do yourself a favor and play it!
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Mar 17, 2023 11:54 AM
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strraMar 17, 2023 11:54 AM
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If you haven't played I Am Setsuna and you enjoyed Chrono Trigger, I really recommend it. A lot of the development team worked on it and there's a ton of CT references in the game. It really feels like a spiritual sequel. I did find it to be rather short for a JRPG, though.
Mar 17, 2023 12:44 PM
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RemisstifiedMar 17, 2023 12:44 PM
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Quote from JimmyR30 :
The Switch version of Chrono Cross has been widely criticized for being an awful port. Many claim it's actually worse than the original, and Square effectively ruined it with a lazy, half-assed reproduction.

Metacritic user score: 4.3 / 10

You've been warned.
It was very recently patched to fix the frame rate issues:

https://www.square-enix-games.com...march-2023
Mar 17, 2023 12:48 PM
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futuredramaMar 17, 2023 12:48 PM
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Quote from ConFu :
Will Crisis Core ruin FF7 for me? Haven't played either.

Any opinions on FFIX?
FFIX is an amazing game and well worth your time.
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BootyAndTheHoeFishMar 17, 2023 12:55 PM
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Quote from ConFu :
Will Crisis Core ruin FF7 for me? Haven't played either.

Any opinions on FFIX?
Crisis core won't ruin FF7. In fact, it will probably make FF7s story make a lot more sense on the initial playthrough.

The game is currently the same price on steam. If you have a steamdeck I recommend getting it there as you can play the game on max settings at 720p whereas the switch port is a downgrade visually
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BaconisgoodMar 17, 2023 1:42 PM
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Quote from ConFu :
Will Crisis Core ruin FF7 for me? Haven't played either.

Any opinions on FFIX?
Haven't played crisis core but 7 and 9 are my favorites. I don't know about the switch port but the ps game is phenomenal.
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Chrono Cross was such a good game.

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Kingdom hearts 1.5-2.5 worth it? Is this the only time it's been 20$?

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