Chrono Trigger review

Exceptional

by Maltherius

Still a perfect RPG.

A timeless masterpiece brought about by two of the JRPG geniuses of the 90s. An absolute must play for any storyteller.

The most perfectly paced JRPG of all time

It gets everything right. 10/10

Really solid until it super drags at the end. You're just kinda stopped and asked if you wanna do some shallow side quests - one for each character - and all those bosses (including Lavos, whether or not you choose to do the sidequests) somehow manage to turn a JRPG into a game of memorization. Even classics have a tough time escaping from retro game sensibilities and this is no exception.

The best JRPG of all time

Waited way to long. RPG's were never my thing when I was younger, so I had I not even heard of Chrono Trigger, let alone play it. A friend has been recommending it for years to me, and I finally played it. A masterpiece. I feel that if I had played it when I was young, I would have gotten into games like this way sooner. It was fantastic! 

Chrono Trigger is without a doubt a masterpiece way ahead of its time. It blends perfectly character design, music, story, combat, just everything is nearly perfect and it's not an exaggeration. I loved almost every second of it, I don't believe any review will give the praise it deserves so I think that everyone needs to try this for themselves, be wary that the PS1 version (which was the one I played it) has a mildly annoying loading rate at the beginning and the ending of the battles, other than that its a very good port.