And with more parts on the way to conclude the original 1997 story for new hardware, it is likely the success will kickstart more initiatives as well.Р”Р‡rom a report over at Video Game Chronicles, Chrono Cross is apparently in the pipeline for a remake as well. The game following its launch last spring has went on to receive several nominations at The Game Awards and winning Best Score/Music & Best Role Playing Game. And while Chrono Trigger isnРІР‚в„ўt the longest or most difficult RPG youРІР‚в„ўll ever play, itРІР‚в„ўs easily one of the most engaging РІР‚вЂњ and with ten different endings thereРІР‚в„ўs plenty of replay value too.In the age of video game remakes, Square Enix appears to be at the helm of this new tradition with Final Fantasy VII Remake. Exposition and dialogue may be noticeably pared back, but that doesnРІР‚в„ўt mean that the gameРІР‚в„ўs characters suffer as a result РІР‚вЂњ indeed, itРІР‚в„ўs hard to remember a more odious, irritating villain than the scheming Chancellor. The gameРІР‚в„ўs time travel concept adds plenty of variety to the adventure, throwing you headlong into a pastoral 600AD one minute, and a grey, devastated 2300AD the next, while the puzzles and fights in each zone are delivered with pathos and a surprisingly gentle touch of humour. The techs in your party can also be combined to create new, more powerful attacks РІР‚вЂњ a clever conceit that adds tactical depth to the combat. Other characters will join your quest as the narrative moves on, and each of these has a moveset and a range of techs all of their own. The turn-based battles are also a snap to control beginning with simple sword attacks, Crono rapidly learns a broad repertoire of combat moves, as well as techs, the gameРІР‚в„ўs equivalent of spells. And while killing plenty of monsters is important if youРІР‚в„ўre to level up your charactersРІР‚в„ў attributes, as well as earn more cash and equipment, the game doesnРІР‚в„ўt rely on tedious grinding to bulk out the play time. Bravely throwing himself into the vortex after her, Crono embarks on a quest to retrieve the hapless princess РІР‚вЂњ and quickly becomes embroiled in a much larger adventure which spans the past, present and future.Р”В¬hrono TriggerРІР‚Вs lack of random battles РІР‚вЂњ an affliction common in many nineties RPGs РІР‚вЂњ speeds up the action tremendously, and while battles do regularly occur, theyРІР‚в„ўre not to the detriment of the story. The adventure begins in the present day, when Marle, a plucky young princess, is accidentally sent back in time after a prototype time machine goes haywire.

Now itРІР‚в„ўs finally available for the DS РІР‚вЂњ so has it been worth the wait?Р”В¬hrono Trigger is a great game simply because it gets everything pitched just right: youРІР‚в„ўre thrown straight into the shoes of Crono, the gameРІР‚в„ўs spiky-haired protagonist, and the story unfolds rapidly with a minimum of tedious dialogue or drawn-out cut scenes. Yet, despite its success in the east, Chrono Trigger was never officially made available in Europe, earning the game an almost mythical reputation among hardcore RPG fanatics. Released in March 1995, Chrono Trigger was greeted with a rapturous response in its native country, with rave reviews and sales of around 2.6million copies. It helps, of course, that Chrono Trigger had such a magnificent pedigree to begin with developed as a joint venture by the legendary Square and Enix (who previously created the classic Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest franchises), the game featured gorgeous, vibrant visuals designs from Akira ( Dragonball Z) Toriyama and a stunning score by Yasunori Mitsuda and Nobuo Uematsu. Fortunately, this isnРІР‚в„ўt just any retro game. If this was any normal retro game, Chrono Trigger could be seen as a rip-off of the highest order. While anthologies such as Taito Memories or the recent Sega Megadrive Collection provide reasonable value for money by stuffing plenty of games onto one disc, Square Enix has seen fit to release an RPG from the days of the Super Nintendo all on its lonesome and expect the game-buying public to pay pretty much the same price that it was available for back in 1995. There are few fourteen-year-old games IРІР‚в„ўd be willing to pay the best part of thirty pounds for.

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