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Originally posted by Stonecutter
LOL Oh, you're too funny. Stop it, I'm going to rupture myself.
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Care telling me why it wouldn't deserve that perfect score?
I can think of many reaons why it should.
1.
Story
Definitely the most diverse and complex story, along with Xenogears/Xenosaga. If you're smart enough to actually sit through this game and think about what happens, you can make the connections between Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross, which is somethign most people don't see. Don't see any? Look at Dinopolis. What do you think Dinopolis was in Chrono Trigger? It was, in fact, part of the Tyrano Lair which was led by Azala. I also have this theory that Azala was the "face" in Dinopolis, but of course, you wouldn't know unless you
actually played the game. Serge was The Chrono Trigger, and if you've played Chrono Trigger, you would know exactly what it is. I guess I shouldn't dictate on the CC/CT connections, anyway. CC's story alone is very good. Even I don't understand every aspect of the story, and I've palyed through that game many times. The story actually gets you thinking, is there really a predtermined fate for us all? Are well all just pawns controlled by a more powerful being? Those are the kind of elements that are presented in Chrono Cross' storyline. Again, you'd have to go through the entire game, and if you did and you still say the story isn't worth a 10, then you obviously don't understand it all, perhaps due to lack of patience for an RPG of this magnitude?
2.
Music
Yasunori Mitsuda is God when it comes to video game music. Chrono Cross' soundtrack alone is worth the money, not a single bad track at all, everything is outstanding.
3.
Battle System
There is so much to this area alone, I am definitely not going to go through it, because if you've played the game then you know what its like. But I must say, the actual battles are probably the most user friendly battles in any game. You can escape at any time, and the way you need to build up on element points is very creative. This is definitely one of the areas that excels beyond ANY RPG, I don't care what frickin RPG it is, if you've palyed many like I have, then you can see the differences.
4.
Replay
Over 10 endings. There are also 2 major choices that you make in the game that determine what you do for certain areas. Like at the beginning when you pcik a guide to Viper Manor, each of the three guides has a different way of getting in. Another choice is to save Kid or not. Going through the game multiple times on New Game + and chosing these different options is the only way to get all the characters.
As for negative areas of Chrono Cross? I can really only think of a few small mistakes. Like having the 40+ characters was pointless. Some of the characters were so damn idiotic it wasn't even funny, but it didn't affect the overall value of the game.
Chrono Cross is only a "perfect game" to those who can understand it's story and appreciate it. Sure, other people will think that other games are better, but, if you really think that Chrono Cross is not worthy of a 10 in your eyes, then maybe you should justify your opinion, instead of giving a one sentence remark. I'm not saying that you have to like this game, I just don't see what makes other RPGs/Games so much better than it, but that's my opinion.