Left feeling a bit empty after playing it for the first time a few months ago(why did I wait so long?) I am afraid no JRPG will be able to surpass it. Would love to have a discussion about similar games that reach the same quality level (Note: I have already played Final Fantasy VI ).

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    Can’t agree enough. My brother and I played through Chrono Cross together and that’s honestly the only reason we even finished it.

    It’s tenuously connected to Chrono Trigger at best and those plot points are terribly written anyway. Combat is mediocre, the element system is annoying, and there’s so many characters that only a couple of them get any screentime.

    If you enjoyed CT, don’t play CC; you’ll almost certainly be disappointed.

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      I don’t think it’s fair to say not to bother with Chrono Cross but I do agree it’s important to stress how unrelated to Chrono Trigger it is. As a sequel it fails. But as its own stand alone JRPG, I think it’s great.

      Personally I love Chrono Cross and how different it was. And the music is ridiculously good (Yasunori Mitsuda main Chrono Trigger composer.)

      I think it’s worth a go. It starts you somewhere in the middle of the story so you get action straight away. So anyone who tries it will know quickly if it will be up their alley without having to invest too much time.

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          As I recall it’s the time devourer which is lavos after merging with part of schala, but it takes more than a final boss to make something a real sequel to another thing.

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            So the fundamental theme of scratching back our destiny from our own self-destructive nature isn’t a 1:1 match?

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              You’re free to disagree and think it’s a perfect sequel that has everything you ever wanted out of a chrono trigger sequel. Lots of people like it. I just don’t feel that it’s a real sequel.