The party is quite well-rounded and has greatly established personalities, and I liked how small and manageable the size of the roster was compared to how large and unwieldy it could be in Chrono Cross. Frog is a heroic knight from the Middle Ages suffering from a terrible curse, Robo is a kind-hearted artificial warrior from a dreadful future, Ayla is a powerhouse cavewoman from prehistory, and Magus is a mysterious and taciturn individual with much larger connections to forces threatening the timelines than one might initially guess.Ī time-traveling adventure on the DS awaits! The trio gets roped into an adventure spanning timelines, joined by an equally colorful and memorable party. There’s even a little cat that adorably follows him around his home! Crono heads to an event called the Millenial Fair to see what his inventor friend Lucca is up to-and runs into Marle on the way, who turns out to be a feisty princess in disguise. Plus, certain additions to the DS version of the game even made me appreciate Chrono Cross more!Ĭhrono Trigger starts pleasantly enough, with our hero Crono being woken from slumber by his cheery mother. Suffice it to say, it didn’t take long to see why the title is so readily beloved. Having played Chrono Cross several years earlier and liking it quite a bit, I was unsure how I might feel about its prequel given the mixed views fans of Chrono Trigger tend to have towards Chrono Cross. I expected to enjoy my time playing Chrono Trigger, but I never thought I’d fall so deeply under its spell. Curiosity finally got the best of me, so I turned on my Nintendo 3DS to give it a try. The game comes up numerous times in features on this very site. Then I started writing reviews here at RPGFan and heard even more talk about how excellent Chrono Trigger is. I had no doubt (due to the talk I’ve heard about the title online and from gamer friends) that I’d at least have fun with it, but Chrono Trigger quickly found its way onto my bloated backlog of games I meant to play eventually instead of jumping to the top of the list. That was my initial thought process when I picked up a copy of the DS enhanced port of the classic Chrono Trigger in a bargain bin at my local Best Buy several years ago. Sure, I might end up enjoying the games well enough whenever I’m finally able to play them on my own, but rarely do I feel that they measure up perfectly to the praise that had been heaped upon them beforehand by others.
Sometimes things are so hyped up by other people before you get to experience them for yourself that there’s almost no way they can live up to those vaunted expectations, and this has certainly been my experience with some popular and beloved games over time.
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