Chrono Trigger DS Review

by 1212 days ago

PROS:


  • Retains all the charm of the classic original
  • One of the best soundtracks ever
  • Fantastic combat and tech development system.
  • Perfect difficulty curve
  • Updated translation makes plot points far clearer

CONS:


  • Retains all the charm of the classic original
  • One of the best soundtracks ever
  • Fantastic combat and tech development system.
  • Perfect difficulty curve
  • Updated translation makes plot points far clearer

Say the words Chrono Trigger to any long-time RPG fan, and you

Chris:  Graphics for old-school ports can be very tough to rate, simply because they look so dated in comparison to newer titles.  CT, however, does not run into this problem.  While nothing in-game is going to push the DS

Chris:  This will be the first – and possibly last

Chris:  When it comes to simplified, easy controls, I can now see the reason CT has been looked at for years as a standard of the RPG genre.  There are few games I can think of that have such an fantastic simplicity in their control scheme.  There

Chris:  Just like the controls, the story and gameplay in Chrono Trigger are a model of elegant simplicity.   Things start out simple enough when you visit the annual Millienial Fair to see a friend

Chris:  With so many endings available, it

GAMING TREND SCORE:

  • Graphics: 88
  • Audio: 100
  • Controls: 92
  • Gameplay: 92
  • Value/Replay: 88
  • OVERALL: 92
92

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