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Chrono
Cross will be a huge hit in North America due to the huge following Squaresoft
has , and the great story line that was found in its predecessor Chrono Trigger.
It takes place 20 years after Trigger does(1020). If you previously played
Chrono Trigger before, you probably will not see any familar faces
around.
Kid
is one of the main characters. Through most of the game she will be your
primary healer. Raised in Luccas orphanage she is head strong and determined
to never show weakness to anyone. Her main weapon is a dagger. As more
information about the game was released we learned that Chrono Cross was
not in fact a true sequel to the original. Instead, it was a re-make of a
spin off entitled Radical Dreamers. "Radical Dreamers eventually ended up
as a sort of sequel to one of the subplots in Chrono Trigger," director Masato
Kato told Famitsu, "which we weren't able to tie up in Chrono Trigger
itself."
Chrono
Cross will be Squaresofts last big game for the PSX as they will begin to
ready other title for the upcoming Playstation2 to be released not too soon
after the North American release of Chrono Cross. The game will feature time
travel and parallel world much like Chrono Trigger did. As shown in the screen
shots of the game Chrono Cross has gorgeous backgrounds and will feature
some of the best FMV squaresoft is able to produce on the now aging PSX.
Another unique feature of Chrono Cross is the fact that enemies will be able
to be seen on the world map unlike the Final Fantasy titles where they seemed
to jump right out at you.
A long with Serge, Glenn, and Kid there will be close to 40 characters
that will be playable in the game. Some of them are just plain odd. Take
Lucky Dan for example. He's a character made of hay straw, and his magic
power is...fire. That doesn't sound to lucky to me. Infact that makes almost
no sense at all, but we'll have to see how it plays out. Maybe he'll light
himself on fire to provide comic relief. Other characters appear to resemble
pokemon more than they do traditional RPG characters. Then again many of
the characters do indeed look like traditional sword, and magic users. The
game will have everything imaginable, and many things yet undiscovered as
far as characters go. Full suits of armor, and scantily clad female magic
users that show off nice legs. Something for everyone.
Squaresoft has always been known for making interesting villains,
and Chrono Cross will hold true to the tradition. Yamaneko is the main villain.
He is a morphing cat like creature that is in search of the Frozen Flame
so that he can use to do evil deeds. Serge and Co. are out to stop him. Sound
like a traditional plot? We'll have to wait and see when the game is released.
It's sure to have some surprises. Overall Chrono Cross is looking to be a
great addition to any RPG fans game collection. I wouldn't miss it. A completely
3D world. More weapons and characters than anyone has ever seen before, and
squaresofts magical FMV sequences. This game will be huge.
The
battles of Chrono Trigger were very different in that they were fixed battles
on the overhead map, instead of changing screens to battle. For those who
played Xenogears, however, a new system was revealed where you switched screens,
with a completely new system built from the ground up. This sticks in Chrono
Cross. Like Xenogears, you have different levels of attacks on a power level
of 1 to 3, and as you build up attack levels, certain spells and attacks
(element attacks) become available. Dual Techs are also making a return,
one such being the infamous X slash used by Chrono and Frog. Surge and Glenn
now use the attack.