Chrono Cross - Review @ Sportskeeda

Sportskeeda reviewed Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition:

Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition review: A classic game with a flawed release

Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition has arrived, bringing back a classic RPG to the mainstream again.

Chrono Trigger is well-documented as one of my favorite games of all time, but the direction of Chrono Cross bothered me as a younger man. I grew to like the game and appreciated the various changes made to the combat and magic systems.

The story is grim and often sad, but I appreciate it in my RPGs. However, while I’m most pleased with Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition, there are some problems worth mentioning.

Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition is a classic brought back to life

As a remake, the focus will be on gameplay and visuals since the mechanics of the game have not changed since the original PlayStation release.

But in summary, Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition is a tale of a pair of parallel realities and focuses on the main character, Serge. In one reality, he is alive and well, but in the other, he dies young.

The hero sets out to discover the truth of why his world diverged into two separate realities and evade Lynx, the primary antagonist, who is trying to capture him. Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition brings several boosts and upgrades to the game as quality-of-life changes.

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In Conclusion:
For a 20-dollar remake, Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition is not too bad. I was very disappointed by some of the backgrounds' blurry, unclear nature and the occasional framerate dips the game did.

I feel disappointed by the game when I stack it up with some of Square Enix’s other remasters, such as Final Fantasy X/X-2. For the price, it’s not a bad pickup, but I suppose I was expecting a little more care and work being done. It very well might have been problems with the game engine itself that led to these issues, but I’m no expert on that.

It’s not a perfect release. However, I still enjoyed playing Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition. I will continue my various playthroughs to get as many endings as possible.

Score: 6/10