Is Chrono Trigger the greatest JRPG ever?

[Gizmo_Duck]

Yes easily,

It still has done things better games till this day. When you realize the raw talent behind that game you can kinda understand why. It was basically a all star squad of the best of the best that worked on it before they even blew up like they are known for now.


The game had everything you could ask for, plus a great story. Events they can't even pull off well in current games and multiple endings plus a new game +

It wasn't overly convoluted either.


Spoiler alert for those that never played it.

Spoiler

But beating the game and going to new game plus and being able to fight lavos and various different times all resulting in different ends. Amazing your main character dying and you being able to finish the game without him, so many gems.

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There are 2 games that are truly 10/10 works of art masterpieces.

Chrono trigger and metal gear on playstation 1

I also think it was one of the first games to have a new game plus

 

[The Mad Titan]

I got Legend of the Dragoon and Secret of Mana

Secret of Mana and evermore hold a special place with me.

I spent hours playing SOM with my sister back in the day.


Legend of dragoon had me hooked and I remember loving it, but I'd be lying if I said I could remember anything at all about it.

I'd love to get a remake and then a sequel

 

[Thanos]

For the snes/ps1, sure, one of the best. Entirely, No.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Also, playing a JRPG without random encounters back then was some truly next level shyt. Also the reason I loved earthbound but the fact that chrono didn’t have seperate battle screeens

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

For the snes/ps1, sure, one of the best. Entirely, No.

The golden era

 

[The Mad Titan]

Also, playing a JRPG without random encounters back then was some truly next level shyt. Also the reason I loved earthbound but the fact that chrono didn’t have seperate battle screeens

Right, it was the 1st game with seamless non random turn base battles that I can recall. Plus it had the improved ATB... Team and triple attacks and team moves specific to certain characters in battle.




So good

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Yeah I’m not sure why team attacks weren’t more common after this game

 

[Allen Poe]

chrono trigger is the greatest game of all-time. any genre.

 

[McPiff]

secret of mana >>>>>>> *

 

[Detroit Wave]

As one of the Nintendo fanboys on here…I think Earthbound is overrated as hell.

Regardless, love CT but I’d give the JRPG crown to Final Fantasy VII.

Ff7 wasn’t even the best ff on the ps1

and it wasn’t the best jrpg on the platform either

 

[The Guru]

The answer is yes.

 

[Phantum]

It's definitely top 5. So much JRPG heat in those days.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

I approve this thread

 

[The Mad Titan]

chrono trigger is the greatest game of all-time. any genre.

I'm pretty much with you on this, the only thing that comes close is mass effect 1 and 2.

 

[Fatboi1]

I unfortunately never played this when I was young so I only really played this a few years ago through an emulator. I lost my save file and never got back to it.