In 1995, when JRPGs dominated the game industry, an epic Japanese RPG masterpiece called "Chrono Trigger" was born. The production team of this work can be described as a diamond-level luxury lineup, and the masters from all walks of life come together to create a unique masterpiece. There is Hironobu Sakaguchi, the father of Final Fantasy, as the designer, and Yuji Horii, the designer of Dragon Quest, as the screenwriter, and the art and character setting parts are blessed by Akira Toriyama, and the music is also composed of three composers of the Final Fantasy series.
Such an excellent birth is also destined to be extraordinary. In retrospect, Chrono Trigger is an old game from 28 years ago, but even with a small 32MB of capacity, it is still the strongest JRPG of the moment, and it has been at the top of the list for many years. This time, let's talk about the charm of this long-overdue antique.
This game must be a good memory for many old players. An adventure story about science fiction and fantasy themes can be said to be played to the fullest in "The Wheel of Time and Space", which expresses the most imaginative, childlike and romantic part of people into the game, interweaving a dreamy and extremely touching beautiful music.
Just like the movie Back to the Future series, this role-playing will lead players through various time and space, including the world after the destruction of the future, the Middle Ages, and the return to the primitive dinosaur age.
The logic of cause and effect is also very reasonable, and every small thing that changes will have a great impact on the future. The protagonists are made up of a group of friends with different styles, including a young man who is skilled in using a katana, a princess, a swordsman who has been cursed and turned into a frog, a tech master, a robot with feelings, and even a demon king who has the opportunity to join the team.
When the protagonists discover the cause of the destruction of the world, they decide to travel in time to the source of the event to eliminate the evil forces. In the process, players can also be pleasantly surprised. At the beginning of the millennium festival, the game seems to be very lively, through a series of festivals to understand the story world, but also to allow players to quickly get started.
Players will try out many mini-game elements such as a power-testing clock, prediction races, drinking races, bots, haunted houses, and more. Many of the plot details are also created in detail, such as the memories of the protagonist when he was arrested and taken to trial, whether he ate a bento box at that time, etc., which will make the plot or dialogue of the game slightly changed.
The combat part can be said to be a major innovation made by the game in 1995 at that time, it almost broke through the functional limitations of Super Nintendo, and you can choose between real-time and semi-real-time battles, and when you encounter an enemy, it is carried out directly on the map, without changing the screen and waiting for the reading time. Players can fully appreciate the exhilaration of battle. There are also a variety of enemy movement patterns, and they will use shields to block and change shapes. We can even use a two-person or three-person combination to add a fire attribute to the Whirlwind Slash.
Even though the graphics are dot-matrix pixel art, you can still clearly see the body movements and funny expressions of the characters, and even the enemies appear in a variety of ways, such as sneaking up in the grass or slipping down the handrail of the staircase. The visuals were very impressive in 1995.
"The Wheel of Time and Space" will be so classic and talked about by everyone, because no matter what period you play this work, you will have different feelings and gains. It performs great in everything, and it's easy and enjoyable to play. It's a good example of a Japanese RPG, and even now, 28 years later, any RPG game should see it as a model.
Players hardly have to spend much time on leveling, the map maze isn't too difficult to walk, and some of the scenarios like factories are more interesting with puzzle elements. The plot also fully depicts time travel, magic and technology, which makes everyone very satisfied with this kind of sci-fi plot. After progressing to the end of time and getting the Wings of Time, you can freely travel through time and space, giving the game a higher degree of freedom, and there are dozens of endings that are worth trying again. That's right, that's all about the charm of Chrono Trigger, and for those who love JRPGs, it's still an unbeatable masterpiece to this day.