92
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.1
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

What begins as a carefree day at the Millennial Fair for a young man named Chrono turns into his ultimate adventure. When Chrono meets a young girl named Marle, little does he realize that this young girl, his best friend Lucca's invention, and a mysterious pendant will thrust him into the ultimate trip through time and space, encountering new friends, defeating the forces of evil, and encountering the one who would destroy the flow of time.

Chrono Trigger utilizes the ATB (active time battle) combat system from Final Fantasy games, adding to it combo attacks, which you gradually learn by putting different characters in your party and letting them fight together for some time. There are no random battles in the game, as all the enemies are visible on screen. The game allows you to face your ultimate adversary at different points of time, which leads to several different endings. There is also a New Game+ option, which allows you to carry over your powerful characters to a new game, and adds even more endings to the already existing ones.

Alternate Titles

  • "The Dream Project" -- Workinh title
  • "クロノ・トリガー" -- Japanese title

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User Reviews

14 years later and it's still the best game ever Bregalad (666) 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars
Good ol' Chrono Trigger - with a little more Vitaliy Shalak (6) 4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars4.8 Stars

The Press Says

1UP Nov 24, 2008 A 100
G4 TV: X-Play Nov 25, 2008 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
UnderGroundOnline (UGO) Dec 10, 2008 A 100
Eurogamer.net (UK) Nov 28, 2008 10 out of 10 100
Games Radar Nov 24, 2008 10 out of 10 100
Jeuxvideo.com Feb 06, 2009 19 out of 20 95
Digital Chumps Dec 07, 2008 9.4 out of 10 94
Game Informer Magazine Nov, 2008 9 out of 10 90
Defunct Games Jan 27, 2009 90 out of 100 90
gameZine (UK) Feb 16, 2009 9 out of 10 90

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Trivia disagreement 2 Unicorn B. Lynx Bronze Star Contributing Member (63675)
Sep 24, 2009
The origin of the Rick (rocket?) Roll 8 Rabbi Guru (1238)
Jun 02, 2008

Trivia

Anyone who played "Chrono Trigger" knows that one of the most important and fascinating characters of the game is Janus, Schala's little brother. "Janus" was also the name of one of Roman gods - this god had two faces, and was therefore often referred to as "Two-Faced Janus". Later, this name became quite a common description of a person who can not be trusted -somebody who switches sides. Doesn't the name fit this "Chrono Trigger" character quite well?


This entry was contributed by Satoshi Kunsai (1852) and Bregalad (666)
 

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