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Tag: Chrono Trigger

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Opinion

Chrono Trigger Still Remains an RPG Masterpiece After 25 Years

Some games will be looked back on as a relic of a specific era, and some will truly be able to stand the ...
By Marty SlivaMarch 11, 2020
Opinion

Chrono Trigger’s Cure for Climate Paralysis

I’m jealous of Chrono Trigger’s time-traveling heroes and their first-hand experience of climate devastation. They get it all out of the way all ...
By Anthony John AgnelloApril 23, 2019
Pixels and Bits

Chrono Trigger – Cause and Mass Effect

Despite the disappointment many fans felt with the endings of Mass Effect 3, it is important to note that a series of player ...
By Liz Finnegan Legacy AuthorMarch 24, 2015
Gallery of the Day

8 JRPGs Better Than Final Fantasy 7

To give credit where it’s due, Final Fantasy VII spurred a whole generation’s interest into RPGs – heck I probably still have the ...
By Justin Clouse Legacy AuthorJuly 18, 2014
PAX East 2014

Even More PAX East 2014 Cosplay

Yep, we spent all weekend in the mines to find these great cosplayer for you. Enjoy. PAX East 2014 has ended, but that ...
By Ross Lincoln Legacy AuthorApril 14, 2014
Extra Consideration

Morality Matters, Part 2

We’ve often wondered what would happen if we locked some of The Escapist‘s most opinionated contributors in a room and let them talk ...
By Extra Consideration Legacy AuthorApril 25, 2011
Extra Punctuation

Yahtzee vs. the JRPG

This might sound like me hyperbolically overstating things for comic effect again, but if you claim to have enjoyed playing Final Fantasy XIII, ...
By Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw Legacy AuthorApril 6, 2010
View From the Road

A View From The Road: Play It Again, Sam

It’s hard to admit, but even though I’ve largely considered myself to have “grown out” of the period when I was a huge ...
By John Funk Legacy AuthorDecember 21, 2009
I, Robot

Electric Soul

For all their supposed superior intelligence, robots can be pretty stupid. They may be handy if you need someone to calculate pi to ...
By Brendan Main Legacy AuthorOctober 27, 2009
Press Released

Imitation is the Sincerest Form

I believe strongly in the rights of private organizations to protect their brands and their products. And, so when Square Enix last week ...
By Sean Sands Legacy AuthorMay 17, 2009
Reviews

Review: Star Ocean: Second Evolution

Claude C. Kenny isn’t your typical JRPG hero. He’s not a whiney, big-mouthed man-child, nor is he dripping with mascara-tinged angst. His past ...
By Nathan Grayson Legacy AuthorFebruary 25, 2009
Reviews

Review: Chrono Trigger DS

[cr_notice] Chrono Trigger, published by Squaresoft in 1995, was a time-traveling adventure RPG featuring the (then) novel Active Time Battle system. At the ...
By Taylor Hidalgo Legacy AuthorDecember 9, 2008

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