yea n no more arguin on minor deviation in rpg, im talkin about all types of em., strategy, classical, role play, active time, passive time, action, free movement, turn based, dungeons/rpg elements. as long as it passes for an rpg{e.g final fantasy, wild arms, ultima, kingdom hearts, diablo, shin megaten, metal gear acid, dot hack suppose this covers the basic possible sub genres}
Originally posted by leonheartmm
and HOW CUD ANY1 NOT CARE FOR CRONO CROSS, PERHAPS THE HOLY GRAIL OF RPG'S {along with final fantasy 9} i do know that these games get a lot of heats for either straying from the crono trigger look, or not living upto ff7, but CMON, in my humble oppinion crono cross is better than crono trigger n ff9 is DEFINATLEY better than ff7 heck its even slightly better than 6{although the gap is very close}. cmon just cause old school people didnt wanna accept sum new school stuff doesnt mean theyr not any more classic then their 2d predecessors. or original.btw only shadow hearts 1 and 2 were good. 3 sucked {sorta decent game but not really GREAT in any way shape or form}
I didn't like Chrono Cross, you didn't particularly like SH3. People all have their own opinions, I suppose; I thought it was completely charming ("Even so, people would normally help out in a plain wreck. But no! You had to look like an alien!"😉 I agree with you about FF9 though; none of my friends liked it, but I thought Zidane was a refreshing change from the angsty loner type that starred in the last few FF games before 9. Sort of a Locke throwback.
I had a number of complaints about Chrono Cross. I never thought when I was playing it that it didn't live up to Trigger, because I hadn't even played Trigger at that point, but it simply never struck me as an exceptional game. Mainly it's the characters. One of the best things about a traditional RPG is watching different characters change and interact with each other. Chrono Cross has forty-five characters, and the only thing differentiating most of them were their accents. I'll forgive a lot of things in RPGs, but never bland, uninteresting casts. I didn't hate it, mind you, but nothing really stood out, and I ended up getting so far--in a sand cave with a boss that changed its collar periodically, I think--got bored, and never bothered to finish it.
Originally posted by leonheartmm
and HOW CUD ANY1 NOT CARE FOR CRONO CROSS, PERHAPS THE HOLY GRAIL OF RPG'S {along with final fantasy 9} i do know that these games get a lot of heats for either straying from the crono trigger look, or not living upto ff7, but CMON, in my humble oppinion crono cross is better than crono trigger n ff9 is DEFINATLEY better than ff7 heck its even slightly better than 6{although the gap is very close}. cmon just cause old school people didnt wanna accept sum new school stuff doesnt mean theyr not any more classic then their 2d predecessors. or original.
I dont think it was about giving them heat for trying something new... it was naming it after a great game.. high expectation comes with that
if I said "this is elderscrolls V...", in their minds, gamers already have an expecation for it.. even without seeing any screenshots or gameplay.. and the good part about that is bethesda usually delivers
not saying cross was bad, but it doesnt touch trigger's quality.. and its certainly not even in the same universe as FF6, in my opinon of course