ecureuil wrote: They are horribly slow. Really, even if you dont have the originals you will still get annoyed at how long it takes to access the menu or do things after a fight. |
Chrono Trigger DS • Page 4
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Thunderhead 558 posts
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itamae 10,213 posts
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Registered 19 years agoHunam wrote:
There must be a pattern in this. I didn't really enjoy any of those three games.
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Thunderhead 558 posts
Registered 13 years agodisc wrote:
Chrono Trigger is a decade old now, if they aren't going to update it they really ought not to release it at full price.
Why is it that Virtual Console and PSN games are so cheap and DS rehashes aren't?
Cos the DS games print money?
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GloatingSwine 3,916 posts
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Registered 14 years agodisc wrote:
Chrono Trigger is a decade old now, if they aren't going to update it they really ought not to release it at full price.
Why is it that Virtual Console and PSN games are so cheap and DS rehashes aren't?
Because the VC games are the original unaltered content running in emulation, and a DS rerelease requires reprogramming to the new platform, and has added content. -
Thunderhead 558 posts
Registered 13 years agodisc wrote:
So they are worth the full price? If you compare it to an original DS game that had a full team who worked on it?
The trailer suggests it's the same game, no changes. Even with miminal changes it still needs only a small development team. -
ilmaestro 32,932 posts
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Registered 18 years agoJinTypeNoir wrote:
You're right - there're no such things as budget re-release labels in the video game industry.
Personally, I've never been able to understand why people balk when old games get re-released at premium prices. Just because something is old, does not mean it should be sold at a discount. I don't expect old movies, books or music to be cheaper because they've simply seen a lot of years, and I don't expect the same thing for games. Chrono Trigger and other classics haven't devalued in their quality in the least, so why should I expect a lower price?
If it has had some significant additions to it, then great, I'll be buying it. If it hasn't (and that was what was being suggested by everyone posting in the thread), then it's a piss-take.
My ire mainly stems from the fact that it's not a new game. It's like hearing "Fire Emblem DS" and then finding out that it's another remake of the first game. I just don't have the time or inclination to get too excited about minimal makeover remakes (and, to be fair, Fire Emblem may be more than that, I haven't bothered reading about since I found out that it was a remake). -
JinTypeNoir 4,368 posts
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Registered 16 years agoilmaestro wrote:
You're right - there're no such things as budget re-release labels in the video game industry.
Ah, but almost all budget labels are of the same game on the same platform only a year or two (or less!) or so after its original release. Re-releases like this come at a time when the game is pretty hard to find in normal circulation. In that sense, it attracts new players to the game and keeps it easy to find, in a sense keeping it immortal. Publishers are more motivated to do this when they get a nice profit out of it.
I imagine if someone coudl demonstrate to Lucasarts that there is a market out there for a Monkey Island port to some platform, and they could expect a price higher than some dirt ship single digit price, the chances of it finally getting pulled out of its dusty dungeon would be higher as well.
A new Chrono game would of course be nice, but its almost a miracle that Chrono Cross turned out as amazing as it did, so I wonder if lightning can strike three times.
By the way, Radical Dreamers, put in something, somewhere, would be nice wouldn't it?
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ilmaestro 32,932 posts
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Registered 18 years agoJinTypeNoir wrote:
Heh, then I would let them off with a full price release.
By the way, Radical Dreamers, put in something, somewhere, would be nice wouldn't it?
I take your point about budget labels, but Chrono Trigger is hardly unavailable - the PS1 (budget re-re-re-release ^_^) version is in stock on amazon Japan, and the US compilation that it's part of is in stock at videogamesplus. I'm all for keeping games available, but the precedent is there for re-releasing the game at a lower price point (most recently I'm thinking of the Biohazard games on Wii). -
Genji 19,682 posts
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Registered 17 years agolavalant wrote:
The thing is, with Chrono Trigger, I never thought those hours were "wasted". I love it so much more than any of the Final Fantasy games.
surely if you're going to waste many hours playing an old school turnbased jrpg you might as well stick on FF7. -
Tonka 31,980 posts
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Registered 18 years agolavalant wrote:
I have chrono trigger on my DS via the snes emulator, I haven;t really gotten into it yet. surely if you're going to waste many hours playing an old school turnbased jrpg you might as well stick on FF7.
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ilmaestro 32,932 posts
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Registered 18 years agoecu's nailed it, people are quick to announce how superior CT is to more "obvious" games like FFVII, but I'm happy enough to put that down to a combination of CT having a more "romantic" appeal, and the rampaging elitism of these (and most, to be fair) forums rather than an outright difference in quality.
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Tonka 31,980 posts
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Registered 18 years agoOh I agree. CT is simpler, shorter more accessible and has a romantic touch. Those are the reasons I prefer it to FFVII. I've played CT twice and with this announcement I feel like playing it again.
I really enjoyed FFVII all those years ago but I really couldn't be assed to play it one more time.
So on the Elitist front I'd say you got it the wrong way around. CT is the easy listening of JRPGs -
JinTypeNoir 4,368 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI think it's just simpler to say that FFVII, regardless of how good or bad one might think the game is, divides opinion a lot more than Chrono Trigger, which isn't as controversial in appeal (no matter how controversial its development and staff ended up being in the long run) and is generally more of "just about everybody loves it, feel good" game.
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Tonka 31,980 posts
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Registered 18 years agoWho doesn'tt like FFVII though? It aint me babe. No no no, it aint me babe. -
Genji 19,682 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI enjoyed FFVI far more than VII. I came to VII a lot later, though, so maybe I'm lacking rose-tinted specs. -
Genji 19,682 posts
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Registered 17 years agoFFVII seemed to drag on a lot longer than CT ever did, IMO. It felt like there was a lot more filler. -
Chrono-Kun 467 posts
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Registered 15 years agoAnd even though Chrono Trigger is full of cliches, they get it done right... with a few original tidbits -
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ilmaestro 32,932 posts
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Registered 18 years agoFluffyTucker wrote:
Way back in the depths of 1995, when we were already up to FFVI, DQ V, Phantasy Star IV, plus who knows how many other series? Chrono Trigger is hardly "primordial soup of RPG" era.
Besides, back then they weren't such big clichés.gif)
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How many of those were actually out in the West? I would have thought that it was still pretty original for most gamers outside of Japan.
ilmaestro wrote:
As someone else mentioned it was never released in the Europe; it's now also going to be exposed to a brand new market on the DS. Did you think the FF remakes on GBA were overpriced?
There shouldn't be a market for it over here if it's released at full price. Buying it will only validate their clearly held opinion that you're all a bunch of mugs.
/angry mood
ilmaestro wrote:
Hmm...does this mean you've actually played the original NES game in Japanese? As I understand it, at the very least, there is a graphical and battle system upgrade.
My ire mainly stems from the fact that it's not a new game. It's like hearing "Fire Emblem DS" and then finding out that it's another remake of the first game. I just don't have the time or inclination to get too excited about minimal makeover remakes (and, to be fair, Fire Emblem may be more than that, I haven't bothered reading about since I found out that it was a remake).
GrandpaUlrira wrote:/Is still bitter about not being able to find FF6 on GBA.
I was planning on buying it but they announced the remake of IV on DS following the success of III so I'm hoping they continue up to VI. I've never really played the FF games and I've heard that that is the best? Certainly the storyline sounds very interesting.
Thunderhead wrote:
How could you tell that there is no new dungeon from a trailer?
Jin, the trailer I saw suggests otherwise. I hope you are correct though, Chrono Trigger deserves a top conversion.
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