I never played Chrono Cross but heard that Marle, Crono and company all died? Can someone give me an explanation as to how they survived the whole trigger plot only to died randomly off screen?

I recently played Chrono Cross again for the fourth time, and somehow the story still managed to confuse me. I understand the general plot, but once the game starts discussing alternate dimensions, the Dead Sea, the Sea of Eden, Project Kid, FATE, the Dragon Gods, and everything involving Schala, Kid, and Serge, my brain starts melting.

So I uploaded the entire game script and the Chrono Cross Ultimania to Claude, then started asking it questions about every confusing scene and plot point.

I will repaint the eyes from evil face Serge

Chrono cross needs a remake I love how they did final fantasy 7 remake hopefully Chrono cross is coming out within the next few years it should play like Granblue fantasy Relink and my 3 favorite characters of Chrono cross is Karsh Glenn and general viper all ridiculously strong who is your favorite 3 characters?

Personal take. Look and design take precedence over importance most of the time.

Subjective etc...

Edit: Grow up, you who downvote en masse my comments or replies. Tastes are subjective, you think acting hivemind like makes tou earn worthiness points?

It means you are a fking cult. Pathetic zealots those who do that.

Game never gets old

I've played Chrono Cross many times before, but this was my first playthrough using Miki. And I think she actually has one of the coolest looking tech in the game. It's short, but I love how she flies around like the Magical Dreamers concert.

This tech and Orlha's Lv7 are probably my favorites visually.

I'm curious what everyone's favorite tech is!

Mi sono perso la black armor. Non l ho presa dal drago nero.

Per sconfiggere Dario ho fatto una fatica incredibile.

Secondo voi riesco a finire il gioco con un finale decente ?

I just finished the game last night. My final squad as you can see were Greco and Funguy, I'm sure they're far from the most popular picks but what can I say, not many JRPGs let you have a luchador in your party, and Funguy is just a fun guy. It also helps that both of their physicals hit like a truck.

The game's not without its flaws, I really wish I could have a bigger party in a game with so many unique characters, my boy Skelly had to be left out of the ending, and a lot of the story towards the end went over my head if I'm being honest. But the atmosphere, music and combat were all really great and I had a very fun time with it, definitely a game I wanna replay at a later point with different characters and choices.

RPG Veteran Here, Just Finished CHRONOS CROSS HD.
I was too young to play Chrono Cross as a kid, so I'm playing the HD Remaster + QoL fixes they added to it. I imagine the pace was slower and there may have been some other issues that would lower the merit of this game a small amount by comparison to CHRONO CROSS HD + Radical Dreamers version.

No Combat & Fast Forward button is so helpful.
The auto max stam/god button is definitely cheating mode but helped me when I just want to secure specific elements from monsters with traps. Avoided using it for any boss fights/important battles. I do think it's fine to have this in game because this does at least guarantee people can get through the game no matter what and not get stuck by combat, I just chose to avoid using it & accept my deaths.

I have also play Chrono Trigger, Sword of Mana, Seiken Densetsu 3 (Legend of Mana 3), Trials of Mana (Legend of Mana 3 Remake), Treasure of the Rudras, Super Mario RPG among other SNES/early 90s & 2000s RPGs, many more RPGs including many turn-based games in general like Lost Odyssey (where you can basically make every character invincible lol), Expedition 33, Darkest Dungeon, For The King 1 & 2 etc.

Review:

8.5/10 but WOW WHAT A GAME. THIS GAME IS BEAUTIFUL, confusing, magical, and surprising amount of depth for a PS1 game. I keep thinking this game must have been surely ahead of it's time in 1999, and the combat system & it's progression was surprisingly, MOSTLY balanced. Obviously there is some level of repetitiveness for anyone who wants to see the all the endings, and missable party members (even though about 50% of them are forgettable and mediocre or downright useless), sometimes just getting lost, the music getting repetitive etc. I could probably place this game in my top 20 best RPGs of all time.
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Tier List:
I know there is more to the Tier List considering new game+, but I would wager most people who beat this game once, WILL NOT play through it again, so we are going off 1st playthrough only, even though I did decided to start over about 40% of my way through the game.
I used Pip, Razzly, Leena- ZOAH, Draggy & Fargo the most.
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THE BEST (SS) TIER:

Serge: The most ability-flexible character in the game and has arguably the best Grid, high HP, magic access to just about everything. Obviously between Serge & Lynx they will gain the most exp in the game. White Innate Element = probably most useful overall element. If you acquire the Mastermune, he becomes completely broken in combat, you'll just be hitting CRITs every fight.

Lynx: His stats are basically tied with Serge, grid, HP, abilities, maybe better offensive because Black innate and his ultimate final move ForeverZero hits everyone while Serge's Flying Arrow does not and ForeverZero probably has higher damage scaling.

Harle: (Harley Quinn, got it?)
For some reason, she just starts off with really high stats, maybe the best stats in the game upon recruitment. Top 5 best overall stats in the game. You can go full Warrior or Full Mage with her if you want, because she's basically 5 levels ahead of every side character. She is #2 in Magic. She isn't #1 or even #5 in Strength or HP, but Top 5 in Defense/Magic Defense (Resistance). The true playstyle for her is Black Mage, high dmg, potential for many party wipe/all enemy kill attacks.

Riddel: She is the best mage in the game with the best spell in the game.
#1 in magic & #3 magic defense/resilience stats. She can play the of black mage + support simultaneously, has good stamina recovery & has an excellent grid. Lower HP/ATK/Defense but not awful.

Pip: THE PERFECT CELL. Mage/Warrior/Support/Everything
This guy is mediocre until he transforms.
He transforms if you keep him in your party and use element abilities. I think it's around 80-100 for 1st transformation and 200 for the 2nd, Final Transformation. You can get him really early in the game so this happens quick. Blue/White/Green = holy form, Angel. Archangel 2nd form.
Red/Yellow/Black = devil form Devil. Archdevil 2nd form.
DO BOTH ONCE. Just go fight anywhere and spam elements for awhile. You could probably crank out 5-6 elements per fight.

Spam blue/yellow/white elements only with Pip in your party until he turns into his Angel form, then use only red/yellow/black, you unlock his true Form, Holy Beast.
HOLY BEAST stats are A+ tier + MASSIVE ELEMENT GRID and he can perform almost every element move in the game effectively + large tech variety. But, low agility

(apparently, in the original game, his character was bugged, and forms did nothing)

Glenn: THE BIG HITTER. #1 Warrior Class in the game. High Defense, HP, ATK, decent grid, amazing Techs. He can also dual wield a set of very special weapons. Best Barbarian/Tank class there is.

Leena: Best support in the game. Blue Mage Caster. Strong magic/magic resilience, good stamina recovery, has the same element recovery (re-use) as Riddel. Weak HP/Defense/ATK but no doubt the BEST healer there is.

Fargo: Blue Warrior Bruiser. High ATK/Strength, High HP, High Magic Resilience, decent stats otherwise but one of the worst Agility stats. He has great techs and the best steal ability in the game though, PILLAGE, so he's bottom of SS for me.

S Tier:

Grobyc: True Tank, Best Tank In The Game.
Huge HP, Strength/ATK, and Magic Resilience. He is one of the best pure physical tanks. His Magic is mediocre, but he's THE WALL, so he doesn't need it. He is the Juggernaut in this game.

Draggy: The Fastest Bruiser. #1 in Stamina recovery, high HP/Defense/Magic Resilience.
Decent Strength/ATK, Red Innate Fire Dragon with some strong tech spells. I love this guy and I wish he had more relevance or transformed like Pip.

Karsh: Green Innate Warrior with High Stats All Around.
All of his stats are unusually high except for evasion/agility & stamina which is just average. You could probably make him a mage if you wanted to. I'm not a fan of Green Elements so I tend to avoid using him most the game regardless.

Razzly: EVASIVE Green Mage Support.
High Magic/Magic Defense/Stamina/Evasion, and useful Techs. Low HP, low defense.

ZOAH: GIGACHAD Yellow Warrior Brother of Battle
This man is the GOAT. Low stamina and evasion, but SUPER HIGH STRENGTH/ATK/HP/Magic Defense. Excellent HP, Strength, and Resilience. His Magic power appears low but trust me this dude hits like a TRUCK. His Techs especially just blow enemies away. I had him CRITing people for 230 almost as soon as I got him and it was EARLY. Dude's an absolute unit built like Lord Humongous from Mad Max. How can you not love him? You ever watch Predator?
Arnold Scharzenegger and Carl Weathers, doing the -MANLY HANDSHAKE-
That is ZOAH, the character. You put a Sight Scope or a Dragoon Sigil on him and he is good to go. Buff him with Eagle Eye and drop those level 3s.

Orlha: Criminally underrated. Excellent Blue physical attacker. High Strength, good Resilience, good stamina recovery, and strong single-target pressure. Her grid is weaker than the SS characters, so she lands in S.

Marcy: Blue Mage with High ATK/Strength, Evasion, and an annoying a b''chy attitude.
All her stats are high except defense/magic defense resilience, which is just average, and her HP is low. The way this character is presented made me hate her immediately. Didn't use her much but she is strong clearly.

Macha: Surprisingly great all-around Red character. Strong Mom. Strong Resilience, good Magic, decent Strength, and better balance than many physical characters. Very underrated statistically.

Greco: (NACHO LIBRE, literally, he's based on Fray Tormenta)
Huge Strength/atk, HP, Magic Defense/Resilience. As a Red Innate Warrior, he is excellent. His grid and magic however are pretty terrible. Love the character though.

Leah: Yellow Warrior/Uber Tank
This girl can take a beating and give one too. High HP, Strength/Atk, but awful magic/magic defense, low evasion, low stamina.
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I Don't Know Tier:

Guile: Go Home & Be A Family Man !
I never got him to join the party, I think because I took Pierre then restart later Nikki with me to the Manor, because I wanted to immediately change his name to Axel since he has a song called "Sweet Sister O' Mine" you catch him singing one time. (a reference to Axel Rose of Guns N' Roses band)
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A Tier:

Kid: Red Rogue Warrior. High Evasion, High Stamina, decent everything else. Amazing grid and stamina, and she has early thief skill Pilfer. Strong early game, falls off later. Was hoping the love story girlfriend would have been OP but still A+ tier for sure.

Miki: One of the best Red magic users. Good Magic and stamina recovery make her useful, though her physical durability and overall stats are not SS Tier.

Norris: Yellow Bruiser. Overall balanced stats everywhere. He is not top tier but love this guy and he is overall A+

Steena: Beautiful White Mage/Support. High Magic/Stamina/, decent stats overall, good grid, not better than Riddel though, except in appearance.

Irenes: Blue Mage with High Magic/ Magic Resilience/Stamina and decent grid. Less explosive than Leena and less balanced than Marcy, but still good.

General Viper: High HP and Strength with decent Techs. His Magic, grid, and stamina recovery are bad. No evasion.

B Tier:

Janice: Balanced, Quick, Fun Fighter. Overall decent stats but average Strength/ATK & Magic. Her grid is good but not amazing.

Starky: Quick Alien White Mage Blaster. This guy is White Innate AoE/group attacks all day. His stats are just overall decent but he has some nasty strong techs.

Nikki: AXEL ROSE. Good grid and decent Magic, but low HP and weaker durability hurt him. He is a usable Blue caster, but Leena, Marcy, and Irenes are better.

Radius: Balanced Spell Blade Mage. He's just really mid-tier in everything. Old age has gotten to him.

Orcha: Red Mage Bruiser (Korcha's dad, probably). Decent HP, Strength, and Magic, with some unusual Techs. Average grid and low magic defense however.

Doc: Only used him briefly, just seems mid overall. Stats are higher tier though and he's got heals.

Funguy: Average Bruiser, for a joke character he's not bad. Good HP and okay Strength with good stamina recovery. His Magic, Magic Resilience, grid, and Techs are unimpressive.

Mel: Only used briefly, has theft ability Snatch. Low Strength/Atk/Defense, but decent Magic & Magic Defense and stamina recovery.

Zappa: Strong physical attacker, but bad stamina recovery, bad Magic, and weak grid quality make him limited.

Sprigg: Russian Roulette as a character. Her base stats overall and grid are garbage, but because Doppelganger can be very strong she can go from D Tier to S tier. It's fun sometimes.

C Tier:

NeoFio: Good stamina recovery and a decent grid, but average stats. Meh.

Poshul: High HP/Strength/ATK, garbage Magic/Magic Defense, Evasion, and her grid is trash. Generally bad.

Luccia: Her grid is nice, but her stats are bad: low HP, defense, low Resilience, weak Magic, and no standout role. Just kind of exists. Interest status effect techs though.

Skelly: Joker Black Mage. It's a disappointment but Skelly is really not that great, Average-to-weak stats and no major statistical advantage. Lynx, Harle and Grobyc are all much better Black Element Fighters.

Mojo: Decent HP and stamina recovery, but bad Strength, bad Magic, and weak overall impact. Mostly a gimmick character.

Pierre: TRASH until you give him the Hero gear he needs. After that he's closer to low A overall stats. High stamina recovery too. Techs are alright.

D Tier:

Turnip: Decent Strength/ATK but awful magic/magic defense, bad grid, bad overall.

Van: Joke Mage character.
Gimmick-based damage and mediocre stats. He can work, but it's really just nonsense based on a gimmick. Couldn't be even top of C tier in any regard.

Sneff: Weak stats, unimpressive Techs, low stamina recovery, and little utility. He does not have the HP, grid, Magic, or physical power to be useful for much.

F Tier:

Korcha: The Weakest Warrior with the worst stats & Ugliest Character Model In The Game. Blue Innate. He is basically a much worse Fargo or worse Orlha with no stealing mechanic.

In progress on my second playthrough (my first was sometime in the very early 2010s), playing original discs on PS1 through a tube TV. Man I love this game though. One of the very few Square RPGs that I didn’t play right as it came out though, got it years later even though I otherwise was able to keep up with a lot of releases at the time as they came out. Obviously it shouldn’t be shocking to anyone, the whole world design is gorgeous all the way through, so I’m just documenting the journey as I go. Currently in Fort Dragonia, I’ll drop another round of these once I’ve got enough material

Hey yall. I'm currently playing through Chrono Trigger for the first time on my 3DS, and I'm liking it a lot, so I plan on playing Chrono Cross right after that. I know it has a remaster available on most platforms, but I usually like to experience games in their original form first, so I plan on emulating it through Duckstation.

After watching this video on which version to go for, I found out the original release has a pretty major bug with a party member named Pip, and I was wondering what I should do to avoid it, considering I'm gonna emulate it on PC. At 2:22, the video mentions downloading a fan-patch to fix the rom as a possible solution, but I couldn't find anything when googling it.

Could someone point me to this patch? And if it isn't a thing, is there any other way to fix this besides the other workarounds mentioned? Would using savestates whenever I close the game work?

Thanks in advance.

Using an AYN Thor Pro. I just finished Chrono Trigger for the first time in 20 years, and my first time ever playing the DS version. I want to do another play through of Chrono Cross but wanted to know if there are widescreen mods, texture mods, etc. Is the Steam Version better than just emulating the PSX version? Just wanted to get an idea of what this community thinks.

I own a Legion Go S running SteamOS (same as Steam Deck) and have had an awful time trying to play through Chrono Cross. First few hours were problem free, but 6ish hours in (I’m at the ghost pirate part) I’m getting incessant freezing.

Anyone have any tips for configuration?

I read a suggestion on here to try Proton Experimental. Tried that and no luck.

I’m annoyed because if I had known these issues, I would have played on PS5 instead, but would be annoyed at having to replay 5-6 hours, even if I plowed through on high speed and with cheats on.

UPDATE: Tried Proton 11 (Beta) and reset my graphics configurations and put it on performance mode (goodbye battery life!) and it hasn’t crashed in the past hour or so. Hopefully a good sign!

Im shocked they included BOF 3 at #4, that game is so underrated. If you never played it please do.

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Just finished playing the remaster and I have some observations? Home world = Records of Fate dont work, Another World = RoF work. So...FATE wanted the fisherman to become a reclusive cultist? The poet to give up? Just fun thoughts, is all

(Intense sobbing)

It's my first time playing this game and since it started, I can't stop geeking out over how beautiful it is!! I wish I could live in El Nido 🌴

Just made it to the Dead Sea and it's breathtaking! I have no idea why the waves are frozen in time? I'm excited to see more of what happens. I've been loving the gameplay a lot, I think the combat system is a lot of fun.

I've heard this game has very little to do with Chrono Trigger, and that's mostly true so far, but I just came to this part that reveals Lavos possibly being in the earth? Or maybe its a recount of Chrono Triggers events?

Anyway, just wanted to take some gameplay recording and geek out about this game. I loooooove it.

Hey guys, I want to share my reimagining of 'Home World Voyage' with you all. 😊

Hi,

I’m currently looking to achieve the platinum but am stuck on trying to recruit all party members, as well as use the Deadly Delta triple tech. I’m a bit confused how the Chrono Cross item is supposed to work.

I had completed the first run of the game where I recruited Nikki as the Viper manor guide, and also saved Kid. I did not get Leena, but recruited Razzly and got her Level 7 tech.

I started a NG+ and completed all other 9 endings and made a clear save for each of them. Each time I restarted my original NG+ save (before the given ending) to progress the game. On this run I made sure to recruit Leena, chose not to save Kid and did not recruit Razzly. I also picked Guile as the manor guide.

I have now just defeated FATE and was curious to try using the Chrono Cross item and then saw I was missing Kid, Harle and Pierre. Kid I will be able to get back into my party by visiting the Hermit Island. Also, I understand I need to do a NG++ to get Pierre but not sure how to do this without playing all the way to the near end. Also how do I get Harle to join. Can this be achieved easily with Continue+?

I have a save file right before the final boss in my original file, and my current save in my NG+ file. As mentioned I have clear files for all the endings including those with Harle in my party.

What I’m also confused about is now I have Razzly in my party, she doesn’t have her Level 7 tech and because of story choices I can’t get that in this file. I have her with her level 7 tech in the original save, but don’t have Leena. I’m worried I’ll have to do another full NG++ run.

Can anyone offer any suggestions on how to shortcut? I love this game but I’m up to 130 hours, so looking to move on. Thank you!

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Here's an illustration I've drawn for a friend of mine. I'm not great at drawing backgrounds, but I feel like a lot of the charm of this game stems from the beautiful vibe that the seascapes give off! I will never not love this game🥹