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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Re: Is there an earth-like planet in the sky of the Chrono Trigger world?

« on: June 16, 2012, 05:13:09 pm »

It's orange-ish, like a moon in eclipse. I;m pretty sure it's just the moon.

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Re: If I am correct ( Chrono Brake/ Break expiration date)

« on: June 16, 2012, 05:07:11 pm »

We should make a ceremony for CB's death.

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Re: Chrono Cross sales in Japan

« on: June 12, 2012, 09:29:12 am »

Nostalgic life-support... I like that.

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General Discussion / Re: I DON'T UNDERSTAND

« on: June 03, 2012, 05:04:15 pm »

This thread is on drugs...

And I like it !

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Re: New Sony patent puts game-interrupting advertisements in games

« on: June 01, 2012, 10:52:33 pm »

Imagine if there were advertisements for each spells.

*Marle cast Haste
Game pauses.
This haste spell is brought to you by Red Bull.
*Haste starts

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Re: noticed a story element common to many games

« on: May 31, 2012, 12:27:35 am »

Necron came out of nowhere... Not even a frickin hint of its existence through the game.

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Re: art styles between the 3

« on: May 31, 2012, 12:18:22 am »

I don't care about Toriyama, but the tile maps were great in CT. Particularly the Zeal Continent.

...but CC's colorful environments is a personal favorite !

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General Discussion / Re: New SE title will "surprise"

« on: May 12, 2012, 03:38:14 pm »

Somewhere in 97-98 I made a dream about Chrono Trigger 2. It's fuzzy but I remember it happening in a tropical environment. Then CC came out, and it was in a tropical setting. Don't take chrono dreams lightly !

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Re: Chrono Break Trademark expires July 26 this year

« on: April 08, 2012, 11:32:38 pm »

I still hope that they do something one day. Sometimes I lose hope, but then I remember what Aragorn said :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ix03iJm3Bw

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Re: Why Chrono Cross?

« on: April 08, 2012, 11:29:28 pm »

I liked the game until the second disk, because of the way they put all the story elements in your mouth when it was already full after chronopolis. And the final boss was a huge disapointement. I was so disapointed by the ending that the game let a very bad taste after.

After dozen of replays my opinion changed, but these points remain for me :

-45 characters was a bad decision.
-Pathetic number of dual/triple techs, especially considering previous point
-Boss were, for 90% of the time, not challenging at all.
-Story rushed at the end. The fact that Magus was not involved in this game is unforgivable. He dedicated his life searching for Schala, and doesn't even appear once.
-Incredible number of plotholes

+ One of the top soundtrack of all time in a VG
+ Marvelous environments and artistic direction
+ Innovative battle system

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Chrono News / Re: *false alarm* Square Enix registers "Chrono Bind" domain

« on: March 08, 2012, 11:35:38 pm »

 

FFXIII...  Someone needs to suffer.

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Chrono News / Re: Epoch to Warp onto iOS, Android

« on: October 02, 2011, 03:41:32 pm »

Another port...

Alright, thanks but no thanks Square ; 4 versions is enough for me.

If it has the extra stuff the DS version had... I would get it since I am one of those people that never got a DS...

Oh, I don't think so. It's just an iPhone port. Who completes RPGs on iPhone anyway ?

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Chrono News / Re: Epoch to Warp onto iOS, Android

« on: September 25, 2011, 07:18:50 am »

Another port...

Alright, thanks but no thanks Square ; 4 versions is enough for me.

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Re: does anybody think that chrono break is gonna be made?

« on: September 03, 2011, 05:27:19 am »

what?????

Exactly.

My point is, based on recent trends as well as statements from Square Enix producers, the only thing we're likely to see from Square for the next several years are Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts games. Maybe the odd action game. Certainly no original JRPG IPs--you can bet on that.

Square suffered (and continues to suffer) massive losses on FFXIV as well as Versus' indefinite development cycle (funny how other, more talented developers are rushed to release a product while Tetsuya Nomura can take as much time as he damn well pleases), and for this Square hopes to make up for lost time by getting as much use out of their crystal tools engine as they can. Hence why FFXIII-2 is coming out so quickly: the engine is there, the assets are there--they'll spend less than half the resources and time developing a game which will probably sell a good percentage of what FFXIII did.

And they'll keep doing it--along with churning out spinoff Final Fantasy titles (especially for mobile systems)--until they're financially secure.

Their Eidos properties will serve them well, but it's just a way to bolster their Western presence. It won't affect their RPG development. And to appeal further to Western gamers, they've even sacrificed some of their traditionally RPG-oriented IPs to the action genre such as Front Mission, a series from which we will probably never see another tactical RPG even though tactical role-playing is the whole point of Front Mission.

Any non-FF or non-Kingdom Hearts titles in the JRPG genre from Square will be outsourced to other developers and published by Square. Mark my words.

Their crystal tool engine was a mistake too. It cost them way too much money. As you say, they'll have to use it a lot to have a return on their investment.

Square screwed up a little with FFXIII. Not in Japan, where the game was successful, but in the rest of the world, where the constant linearity was not well received. And if they screwed up with FFXIII, they shot themselves in the foot with FFXIV. By rushing the game because of WoW : cataclysm's release date, they released a bad final fantasy. Yes, a main final fantasy that bombed, the first one in history. I don't know exactly what happened, but I don't think it's Tanaka's fault. He was probably crunch-timed by Wada for half a year. Tanaka was fired from the team. Why is he still at S-E ? Well, that may be a good thing for us, because he was the producer for Chrono Cross. It's not impossible that Chrono Break is in pre-production right now. Remember when the Chrono team was stuck on FFXI ?

Square should revisit their old ATB system and expand it, imho. Trying to be too innovative while ignoring fun factor and exploration could result in IP extinction.

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Chrono / Gameplay Casual Discussion / Re: My thoughts on the baddest girl in Prehistory...

« on: September 03, 2011, 05:12:43 am »

Ayla was always in my party. Battle-wise I thought she was the only character who could match Crono's strength. She had a very cool and sexy design too.

However, it is obvious though that her character was not developped enough. She doesn't even have a sidequest at the end. We don't know how she became chief and have no idea how her relation with Kino evolved. This is I believe the reason she isn't so popular.