My 15+ year journey is at an end. I finally beat Chrono Trigger on Monday. I know! It’s emotional for me too.<\/p>\n
Then on Tuesday I beat it again. Those of you familiar with the game might now that it has about a dozen possible endings. After getting the normal ending, I played the game on New Game+ up to the Ocean Palace. Then instead of letting Lavos beat me and kill Crono, I whooped his spikey-turtle-backed-anus-mouth ass. This got me the “Dream Team” ending, which is the most difficult ending to get (at least until the PSX and DS versions).<\/p>\n
The “Dream Team” ending is unbelievably silly. I won’t discuss it at this time.<\/p>\n
The normal ending is pretty silly too. In fact, it occurred to me upon beating it that the whole game is pretty silly. I mean, it has some dark moments and some serious moments. But overall, it’s a goofy game.<\/p>\n
In fact, that’s one of my few criticisms of the game. It could have taken itself a little more seriously and still had a sense of humor, I think.<\/p>\n
And WTF was Lavos? Homey had\u00a0flippers<\/em>. He\u00a0waddled<\/em>. Seriously. Was that supposed to be horrific? Or goofy?<\/p>\n My other criticisms: the combat is not particularly deep. Strategy takes a front-seat to brute force, but it’s still not too tricky. Neither is character development (ability-wise). Compare Techs to Materia development in Final Fantasy VII. Or even the Espers in Final Fantasy VI. Don’t get me wrong \u2014 the game had a number of great features that really set it apart when it came out. And I agree that it’s among the best console RPGs (that I’ve played, anyway).<\/p>\n I’m currently on my second New Game+. So this is my third time through the game. On New Game+ it’s easy to blow through the game, since you keep all of your items, stats, levels, etc., minus a few key items and money. So most enemies (and some bosses) are going down with one hit.<\/p>\n Since I’m still having a blast with it (seriously, this is a great game), I’m not sure I’m going to move on to a new game just yet. But I think I might try something different next. We’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My 15+ year journey is at an end. I finally beat Chrono Trigger on Monday. I know! It’s emotional for me too. Then on Tuesday I beat it again. Those of you familiar with the game might now that it … Continue reading