[Vyse]

"CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION" is a remaster of "CHRONO CROSS", including new features such as 3D models converted to HD, higher-quality background music, and battle enhancement features. Also includes the game that formed the bedrock of the story, "RADICAL DREAMERS - Le Trésor Interdit -"

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 available April 7th on Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation® 4, Xbox One and Steam®!

Players can look forward to some exciting new features, such as:

• 3D models converted to HD*
• Brand new artwork and character redesign by Nobuteru Yuuki*
• Refined background music by Yasunori Mitsuda
• Switch enemy encounters on or off
• Background filter feature*
• Battle enhancement features
• Auto-battle function
• French, Italian, German and Spanish localization now added
• Switch between imitation pixel font and HD font*
• The inclusion of Radical Dreamers, never before released in the West.
• Players can choose between playing with original or updated graphics*

*The 3D models, illustrations, font and background filter cannot be toggled separately. They will all be switched together.

 

[Zog]

It's $19.99, BTW.

 

[Eneru]

No next gen?

 

[miona's shoulder monkey]

They must be joking! Very lacklustre.

 

[Mal]

I was excited, then disappointed.

It looks like shit

 

[Snes nes]

i can do this for free with duckstation and the rom! Idk what squeeenix is thinking here i can't wait for them to reverse engineer the game so i can buy the original psx version and convert it to pc with a better frame rate. Also why'd they give a option to completely turn off enemies?

 

[Vyse]

I'm also not a fan of the background filter. It looks cheap. They should have made actual HD backgrounds. The original Chrono Cross looked amazing for its time on the PS1 but a proper remaster needs more work done.

However, it is nice to see they included Radical Dreamers as well as localizing for other languages.

 

[Boss Mog]

Embarrassing. Anything more than $10 for this is a rip-off. They couldn't even be bothered to up the framerate or have it be 16:9.

 

[Cryptek]

Radical dreamers, huh?

They gotta go back.

 

[CAB_Life]

Sorry is this the remake we were promised? Looks like a mobile port and I'm not being hyperbolic.

 

[Radical Dreamer]

Can best game of all time be even better? day one

 

[Noboru Wataya]

Never played this before (never got released in Europe) but have been a big fan of the OST.

 

[Ferdinand the Cowfish]

Day 1 purchase for me and I think the $19.99 price point is OK. Not great, but OK.

I think we were all hoping for a bit more from the remaster, but I'll take what I can get. If this sells well, I hope SquareEnix thinks about remastering other PS1 era JRPGs this way, just so a new audience can play them.

 

[DonDonDonPata]

Sorry is this the remake we were promised? Looks like a mobile port and I'm not being hyperbolic.

Yep. "Looks mobile" is the first thing that came to mind.

I mean, cool that they're porting a classic to modern platforms. I don't mind straight ports and retro collections like this. I guess the price point is in line with that. But a "remaster"? Nah.

 

[Ferdinand the Cowfish]

Yep. "Looks mobile" is the first thing that came to mind.

I mean, cool that they're porting a classic to modern platforms. I don't mind straight ports and retro collections like this. I guess the price point is in line with that. But a "remaster"? Nah.

The game looks a lot like what PS1 games look like when they are played through modern emulators with upscaling and AA turned on.

 

[ExpandKong]

Seems about on par with their FF7 8 and 9 "remasters," not sure what everybody was actually expecting lol. Radical Dreamers is a nice bonus.

 

[John Day]

Wasn't expecting more than the FF8 remaster treatment, so expectations met.

What i do like about this is that atleast it puts back the name out there. Hopefully can lead to another game in the series.

 

[Nymphae]

It reminds me of the FF8 remasters. The look isn't cohesive anymore, I prefer the look of the PS1 originals actually

 

[Zog]

They should have included Trigger and then called it the Chrono Collection.

 

[Allnamestakenlol]

Backgrounds have that muddy filter going. No thanks.

 

[Torrent of Pork]

Pleasantly surprised this is coming to Xbox as well, normally we get fucked over on stuff like this.

 

[Grisham]

Days before release, the first Chrono Cross remaster gameplay has finally been published | VGC

The first lengthy gameplay footage of Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition has been released.

www.videogameschronicle.com

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

One of the games I've always wanted to play but never could.

Is it better than Chrono trigger or what is the difference?

 

[ExpandKong]

One of the games I've always wanted to play but never could.

Is it better than Chrono trigger or what is the difference?

It's like Majora's Mask to Chrono Trigger's Ocarina of Time

I only know how to speak in Nintendo terms I'm sorry

Bit darker and more complex and the battle system is a little more complicated but the soundtrack is an absolute banger and I ain't talking about a sausage

 

[Jack's Fury]

Love CC, I'm team CC>CT i have it on my PS3/PSP/Vita but I'll double dip for the Radical Dreamers and QoL improvements and rearranged ost, not now though Stranger Of Paradise got to replay a lot of FF games, i finished it yesterday and I'm 2 trophies away from the platinum and I'm already deep into my replay of FF1 and IV on my PSP, plus i went back into 3DS backlog and started Rune Factory 4 so I'm not going to buy/play it any time soon.

 

[OuterSpace]

One of the games I've always wanted to play but never could.

Is it better than Chrono trigger or what is the difference?

It's radically () different from CT and doesn't really feel like a sequel to CT for most of it. Plus it's connections tend to make CT fans mad due to what the story (seemingly) did with some of the older characters.

I think it's safe to say the vast majority would say CT is better though CC is still a solid PS1 era game with a neat battle system that shines during the boss fights, excellent music and good visuals for the time.

The story can be iffy at points and it kinda does the old Suikoden thing where there's 60 zillion party members to acquire, which can take away from you enjoying a lot of them unless you purposely stick with certain ones (Although the game forces party changes at times). Nevertheless if you're ok with PS1 rpgs then I recommend it.