Game review: Chrono trigger (and remakes)

Okay, to start this review off I would like to state I am the new reviewer. Well anyway chrono trigger has had two remakes after the original launch, now this was a good move for square cause so few gamers have played the first game. Now this game is probably the only game I am going to say is a must play if you like rpgs. Okay so now one of the things that makes the game good is it came out on the snes however its graphics seemed years ahead of the snes's time. Another good thing is unlike most rpgs of this time period the plot is incredibly well written and has about 8 hours of gameplay through the first playthrough(if you play flawlessly and manage to get through without dieing or having to grinding), another interesting thing about this is it has multiple endings, about 6 or so on the original.Now one of th egames other amazing features was multicharacter combos, and because the max party was three characters and there was seven or so possible party members, now this was a really good feature because I was pulled into replaying the game after getting every ending to see every move(I still haven't seen every move yet). One other thing about this game is the fact it includes time travel to different eras, and the actions you do in the past can affect the future. For example in the past you can do a mission to plant a bunch of trees, and if you do in the present there will be a huge forest and a temple featuring the party member you sent to plant the trees.

Now to cover the remakes, the ps1 remake was a full priced game, however its new features were good enough for the full price, however it was also marketed with ff5. Now to cover the new features, there were some anime cutscenes, and they added a music database and a few other neat features. Now the anniversary collection(its ps1 release) was my first entry into crono trigger, and I remember when I rented the anniversary collection all I would do was play crono trigger and ignore ff5.(I never purchased the collection). Now the other remake was the ds one, this is worth the 50$ price, however if you own the previous versions of chrono trigger the new features aren't worth it. They kept the old ps1 features, added a nice new long quest, three dungeons you have to complete to get a new ending that feels in some missing info, they also added a horrid monster raising system which I hate cause it was pointless, and having your creature evolve was random chance, and its more likely for your creature to devolve. Now lets end chrono trigger ds on a good note, the interface is completely customizable and made for the touch screen

Review summary
Original chrono trigger: 5 out of 5, nice graphics, interesting plot, nice gameplay features

anniversay collection chrono trigger: 5 out of 5, nice new anime cutscenes, the two games are worth the 40$ price tag and it was still lesser known during this release.

Chrono trigger ds : 4 out of 5, not enough new features for a 5 out of 5, but I would have to say if you need to buy a chrono trigger game, buy this one.

Now thanks for listening to my first review

Signed charon Aka Ryley