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Re: Why the Chrono Cross Hate?
« Reply #30 on: July 03, 2009, 05:40:51 am »

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Re: Why the Chrono Cross Hate?
« Reply #31 on: July 03, 2009, 05:42:34 am »
Talk about bad karma....
One question, did you write those,Chrono'99  :lol:
I think not, perhaps Zeality?

Feel free to counter back XD
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Re: Why the Chrono Cross Hate?
« Reply #32 on: July 03, 2009, 05:46:47 am »
Oh.... My.... gosh...

...that is perhaps one of the BEST websites I have ever seen, in my life.

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Re: Why the Chrono Cross Hate?
« Reply #33 on: July 03, 2009, 06:02:24 am »
Ah, incredible awesome.
I feel like translating those 2 pages.  :lol:

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Re: Why the Chrono Cross Hate?
« Reply #34 on: July 03, 2009, 06:05:30 am »
Talk about bad karma....
One question, did you write those,Chrono'99  :lol:
I think not, perhaps Zeality?

I found it on GameFAQs some time ago.

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Re: Why the Chrono Cross Hate?
« Reply #35 on: July 03, 2009, 06:25:23 am »
Let's agree not to go over that list since it is so obviously ridiculous (not that the one previously in this thread isn't)...That Woosley quote used doesn't even back any of his arguments nor cast CT in a dark light...the opposite, in fact...>_>

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Re: Why the Chrono Cross Hate?
« Reply #36 on: July 03, 2009, 01:11:37 pm »
http://ctsucks.awardspace.com/

Sorry, I'm not touching that with a ten foot ninja pole. Let's not get the hate flowing here now.

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Re: Why the Chrono Cross Hate?
« Reply #37 on: July 03, 2009, 01:59:21 pm »
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and even though he killed Frog's brother Cyrus.

Nah, they were just good friends. Their criticism has a continuity error. xD

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The actual consequences of time travel should have been more of a focus in the plot

Crimson Echoes, anyone?

Hehehe...it was a fun read.

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Re: Why the Chrono Cross Hate?
« Reply #38 on: July 03, 2009, 02:59:57 pm »
http://ctsucks.awardspace.com/

Sorry, I'm not touching that with a ten foot ninja pole. Let's not get the hate flowing here now.
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You don't get it, that website was made as a joke to show how rediculous the CC Hate website is through use of satire./

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Re: Why the Chrono Cross Hate?
« Reply #39 on: July 03, 2009, 03:16:02 pm »
You don't get it, that website was made as a joke to show how rediculous the CC Hate website is through use of satire./

Ah, I see. I probably should have read the headlines with a bit more depth....

Hehe. Funny.

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Re: Why the Chrono Cross Hate?
« Reply #40 on: July 03, 2009, 03:27:50 pm »
I used to be those that hated CC for nor being like CT...
But then with time it just grew on me, now I think I like
CC more than I love CT.

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Re: Why the Chrono Cross Hate?
« Reply #41 on: July 06, 2009, 02:51:54 am »
I think the one major point that stands out, at least in the story elements between the two, is that Crono Trigger is taking characters who chose to act upon their environment, whereas Cross is the environment acting upon the characters.  Active vs passive story telling. While either can be used for its particular advantages, active is usually more compelling, and it doesn't help that while Cross is a passive story, its attempted to be disguised as an active one by making it unnecessarily convoluted.

Any particular tie Cross has to Trigger is part of this guise to try to make it 'active', which the story isn't.  Had Cross ditched the 'chrono' attachment and kept to its strengths in passive story play, then it would be a game worth its review ratings.


In regards to the music, while I will say some soundtracks are pretty neat on Cross, those generally get washed out (unless the person knows to listen for them) because they don't really connect as well with the pacing of the story to make a fluid tie, and even the few moments that do have that, are forgotten against the constant drone of the stupid combat music.