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CHRONO CROSS is an RPG that transcends time and space, unfolding across two interlinked parallel worlds. With over 40 party members to meet, people and dimensions will intertwine in this epic drama about the planet itself.
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION is a jrpg, rpg and story rich game
developed by Square Enix, D4Enterprise Co. and Ltd.
and published by Square Enix.
Released on April 07th 2022 is available only on Windows
in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Japanese.
It has received 2,175 reviews of which 1,336 were positive and 839 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.0 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows® 8.1 64-bit
- Processor: AMD A8-7600 / Intel® Core™ i3-3210
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon™ RX 460 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 4 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
- Additional Notes: Requires 2GB of VRAM, Supports Keyboard and gamepads
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While my first hour with this game was truly engaging, almost nine hours later I find myself pretty disconnected from its characters, battle system and exploration as a whole.
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I first played this version awhile after release, I didn't come across any crashing or quality issues at all beyond sometimes a long loading point/freeze, but it always carried on. I don't care for the new illustrations and much prefer the old artwork for the characters. They made them way too toony for such a serious and melancholy themed game. This is one of those games I absolutely love and always remember fondly. It gives a deep bittersweet and tense feeling through its showing of how the world is complex and there isn't always a clear answer to what's good, and its never clear how much of a choice you really have. But you have to press on either way. Its dealing with how actions can have both subtle and also great consequences. Still remembering parts of this game and its music makes me misty eyed. Especially with the trickling of Trigger it places throughout the story. On that, this is not supposed to be a sequel to Trigger, but its own entry in the same world. I've seen plenty who prefer Cross, and even haven't played Trigger, so it is great even if you haven't. It does have connections, but it tries to be its own standalone story. It isn't time travel based per se but time is still a familiar factor in the world, think of more of a dimension base with how things can be so similar and different. Butterfly Effect stuff. The connections to Trigger are very deep and meaningful though where you find them, one whole event/area in particular. This got it a lot of mixed reactions on original release. It tried to do a lot in the shadow of a great game that is similar but very different to itself, trying to be its own thing and not Chrono Trigger 2. Though I think time has validated it though not enough imo. There are still tons of theorizing and talk of the lore and world, and the ill fated trilogy idea. If theres a strong loving base and people are still talking about it, I think that speaks for itself. I wish it would get more recognition but its timing and original reception made it miss the leap to the larger internet audience of today. I think it was a great game at the slightly wrong time. Like Trigger though, the music is amazing, still some of my most fav osts of any game. The artwork for the areas is very nice and has a lot of character and memorability. Each area is very unique or distinct, and for 2d art, the lighting is very nice and gives a lot of warmth or lack thereof to each place depending on intention. The gameplay is complex. Similar to trigger in that its turn based but with a bit more freedom than other traditional jrpgs. You dont have to fight most enemies, you can walk around them. But this does hinder some stats, though it isnt a straight grind exp based system. It has an elements (magic spells) system where you can find or buy them, you have to phys attack to use them, you can strategize placement in a grid and even put higher attack required ones at lower levels where it sometimes works out better, like having group heals or stat boosts earlier even if at a lower power. I hear stat boosts also dont lose anything when lowered which is a neat hint. So you can attack with one member once, cast acc boost on your dps char, and then they can massacre the enemy with the strong attack thats usually harder to land. After all my ps1 hours I literally learned this last week lol. Theres more to battle but there are much better explanations out there than mine. There are also tons of characters to get, and some are playthough exclusive. I'm still not the most thrilled on how it does this, and some forks in the story for it, but its not a make or break moment. They are all pretty distinct, though I personally am picky and only have a handful of favorites. This game doesnt hold your hand much but isnt unforgiving. You have many options to play, and many things are laid out for you to learn yourself, which gives a lot of ah ha moments that imo are much better than being overtly guided. Like I said, I have probably hundreds of hours from ps1 days and I just learned a bunch of tips and surprises since buying it here and looking more stuff up that wasnt out there back then. This one is hard to put into words that feel right for me, and I did play it at the perfect time in my life for the questions and morals it plays with, so theres def a coming of age, nostalgia bias, but I think its still a solid rpg that tried a great deal to push boundaries in the shadow of a masterpiece. The most I got out of it was the world over the gameplay, though I recently learned how different there it tried to be. The characters, their stories, the music, and the tragedy, all hit me very heavily when I first played and still is one of the hardest landed for me today. I always had nintendo growing up and this one of the first I tried when I ventured into playstations world, and it def felt like another universe. It will be as deep as you want to look into it to be. There's a reason many still comment that it never received the love it deserved. If you never heard of it, full price today may seem steep, but on any sale I would recommend to anyone. It at least tried very hard to be something spectacular, for you, without feeling like its forcing you to like it as seems custom now. Its fitting with its story how it ended up. Deep, full of life and ambition, but who knows if that ever mattered. If you're a thoughtful, somewhat emotional type you wont be disappointed. The Chrono series are 2 amazing works of media all around through the art, music, story and the gameplay itself. I am conflicted if I wished it more success to keep going stronger than it did and we could see Chrono Break, or not seeing as how that can be an even bigger curse with how so many loved series are gutted and worn as a mockery of what they were. I'm at least thankful it was spared that, though they kinda had a go at it with the art updates here. They can be toggled at least to your liking. This could just be my preference, but I swear we lost something in animated art from the 80s, 90s and even 00s. "What was the start of all this? When did the cogs of fate begin to turn? Perhaps it is impossible to grasp that answer now, From deep within the flow of time... But, for a certainty, back then, We loved so many, yet hated so much, We hurt others and were hurt ourselves... Yet even then we ran like the wind Whilst our laughter echoed, Under cerulean skies..."
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I would NOT listen to any of the recent negative reviews. I'm sure there were some technical issues when it first launched, but the game works perfectly fine now. Good HD textures, the usual JRPG remaster features work fine (speed up, auto battle, no encounter, etc.), no problem with saving (in fact the game autosaves on a dedicated slot quite often which is convenient). I played it on desktop AND Steam Deck, and worked flawlessly on both. Fantastic port of a great game.
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Best way to play Chrono Cross currently. Modding community has done some great work on the backgrounds and other textures as well if you want a true remaster.
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It's an absolute CRIME that this game is as broken as it is on the OLED Steam Deck. It's advertised as "verified" however be sure to lower your TDP, frame rate, settings to classic, and allow menus to render. All in all, I wasted around 10+/85 hours to game freezes and in-game settings changes. Legendary game turned SQUARE abandonware. Hopefully someone comes along who can identify the issues with this game. Even the developers are aware of some of the framerate inconsistencies, but none of that accounts for the game freezing so often. I love this game. It's a legend, a masterpiece, and a work of art. I'm holding on to hope that others might be able to make it work, or that it gets the update it deserves. I'm thumbing it UP because it will not get attention by bad reviews. If you truly want this game to be fully functional, you need to take your analysis of the issues to Square Enix customer support, and Steam support. Good luck, godspeed. Happy 25th anniversary Chrono Cross!
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CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION received 1,336 positive votes out of a total of 2,175 achieving a rating of 6.03.
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CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION was developed by Square Enix, D4Enterprise Co. and Ltd. and published by Square Enix.
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION is playable and fully supported on Windows.
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION is not playable on MacOS.
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION is not playable on Linux.
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION is a single-player game.
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION does not currently offer any DLC.
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION does not support Steam Remote Play.
CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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36
Developer
Square Enix,
D4Enterprise Co.,Ltd.
Publisher
Square Enix
Release
07 Apr 2022
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