Not to mention its battle system really goes above and beyond what you expect from turn-based fights. It makes you want to search for the unexpected, all so you can enjoy the rewards. (Or working so well when it does come up.) The character recruiting and side quests also encourages exploration in an incredibly effective way. It’s executed so perfectly that we still don’t often see the mechanic regularly. Its concept and story handle the idea of parallel worlds extremely well. Your goals ends up making sure enemies won’t overwhelm you with their innate elemental techs, your allies won’t suddenly be in a situation where they are weak to attacks being used, and you control the field effect to boost your own techs’ effects.Īll of these elements mean that the Chrono Cross remaster still feels revolutionary. That means that allies and enemies’ green techs would be stronger and yellow ones would be weaker. If you face a lot of foes who use green techs, then the field effect might fill up with three levels of green. There is a constant field effect that can determine the overall strength of an element in that one battle. For example, Kid is a red-type character and takes increased damage from blue techs. Meanwhile, you also need to keep an eye on the elements used. You also build up enough energy to use the once-per-battle techs. As you pull together those attacks, your accuracy increases for all three types. Weakest attacks typically start at around a 90 percent chance, with strong ones sometimes initial having odds in the 70 percent range. Each type of those has its own chance of hitting. In order to use these abilities, you need to essentially chain together combos using weak, normal, and strong attacks. As you defeat bosses, you also earn stars that can result in characters learning new techs. Before you head into fights, you can equip characters with elements that allow them to perform the techs I talked about earlier. Likewise, the battle system means you need to plan more than you would in a turn-based RPG. This also comes into play with the Tele-Porter gadget, which allows you to pull anyone you’ve recruited into your party at save points or on the world map. After a certain point in the story, people can go between the home and another worlds to complete main and side quests. That there are two dimensions and multiple possibilities comes up quite often.
There’s also the ability to cross to the parallel world. I always felt Chrono Cross is a little more interactive than your typical JRPG as a result. It is a rewarding system that helps encourage the player to meet everyone and look everywhere.
Presenting one of them to a character before you head out to get Komodo scales means Serge won’t be alone right away. If you visit everyone and look around homes, you can find two character recruitment items. For example, your first moments in Arni are a good example.
Even if you don’t need to go somewhere right away, visiting the spot can mean discovering a secret. Many of them will even join you! This means talking to everyone and exploring is critical. When you’re on your adventure, you’ll meet lots of people. So you will still see characters like Macha using the Besom Cu29 (copper broom).Īs for Chrono Cross gameplay, things work as they always did. But it feels better seeing the techs as they should be. Yes, I’ll admit there was some charm to the measures Square needed to take back in the day. Another example is Guile’s WandaIn is now Wanda In. Instead of HolyDragSwrd, one white element attack is now Holy Dragon Sword. For example, we already saw one of these ahead of the game’s launch. From what I can tell, this mainly applies to characters’ techs. The translation is touched up a bit in some cases, which is appreciated. It’s then that we get to learn and see how important the influence of one person can be. However, one day after running an errand, he finds himself pulled through into another world. He’s a productive member of the community. The result? Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition is a complete package that is culturally and historically important, not to mention a joy to play on the Switch. But most importantly, we get the Masato Kato-written Radical Dreamers: Le Tresor Interdit worldwide for the first time. All of the bonus features improve players’ quality of life. I mean, it is one of the best JRPGs of all time to start! Then we have the care with which its updated art and music appears, with Nobuteru Yuki back to touch up the character art. While we’re inundated with remasters, this one sets itself apart. Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition remaster is the sort of game people have been waiting to play.
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