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How dead is the Chrono series?
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JadedWriter
Member
I'm thanking god I steered clear of that as well. I read a synopsis of that LSD laced nonsense someone posted on here once, and it sounds crazy. Poor Aya Brea.
Hades Hotgun
Banned
But it was also met with nearly universal critical acclaim and sold well over a million copies, then got a greatest hits re-release and is likely continuing to sell on PSN. It raises the question of what kind of sales they were looking for from Chrono Cross and it makes me think that there just wasn't a lot of corporate support for the series.
Regarding Chrono Trigger DS, I agree with your sentiment and I think its worth additionally noting that they charged a premium $40 and it still sold as well as it did. The game had to have had a huge profit margin given how little work would have been involved in a slightly enhanced port. It seems like a shining example of how poorly managed their sales expectations were, or perhaps just how little support the Chrono name has from the execs at Square.
Even today Square is happy enough with Bravely default selling about 1 million worldwide, with full development costs, and presumably with reduced profits on the western release since Nintendo published it in those regions.
protomouse
Member
Exponentially more powerful hardware happened, bringing exponentially increasing expectations on production values and thus exponentially inflating budgets and time to market => increased risk aversity. That, and exodus of old talent beginning in the late 90's.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
The franchise should have died the moment Horii and Sakaguchi decided not to work on Cross.
Valjean Lafitte
Banned
Does that answer your question, OP?
Dark_castle
Junior Member
Wenger'sBakedBaguettes
Member
As dead as a FF7 remake and all of Capcom and Konami's game series together (SF, RE and MGS aside)
cosmicblizzard
Banned
If Tabata directs, yes.
NoctisVsStar
Member
It's dead OP
WAR recon zero
Banned
I see jrpgs as anime counterparts
As anime evolved so did jrpg. SNES had lots of anime influence, and with psone technoanime, and now we are full of uguu and waifus (tales games, ffxiii)
Shifty1897
Member
The closest thing I've found to be a modern Chrono game was Xenoblade Chronicles. Play that.
XxSlasherMcGirkxX
Member
I still will never give up hope, even if it takes twenty years. It's too critically acclaimed and people have nostalgia for it, it has to have a sequel some day. Will it be something that we want, one would never know.
Dreamwriter
Member
Try out Final Fantasy XIII-2, that game is basically what I imagine a modern Chrono Trigger would be, with the various alternate timelines that you have to navigate to get just the right events to take place. I would bet the game even started out as a Chrono Trigger game, before they decided to make it about the FFXIII world.
TheJollyCorner
Member
getting Sakaguchi back (even for just one game), adding in some other popular Japanese figure in the industry, and creating another 'Dream Team' project would be the only proper way to do a new Chrono game, IMO.
That was the entire point of the original. It was a tag-team of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest talents. That made it a big deal.
Square-Enix simply making a 'Chrono Break' (even with the best case scenario of Kitase/Itou directing again) just wouldn't be enough, I think.
It's over.
S-E just doesn't have the drive, foresight, or probably development means these days to make it happen.
That was the entire point of the original. It was a tag-team of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest talents. That made it a big deal.
Square-Enix simply making a 'Chrono Break' (even with the best case scenario of Kitase/Itou directing again) just wouldn't be enough, I think.
It's over.
S-E just doesn't have the drive, foresight, or probably development means these days to make it happen.
fredrancour
Member
If CT isn' t ported to phones yet, it will be eventually.
That's about all we will get.
That's about all we will get.
TheJollyCorner
Member
"If fans are interested in a new Chrono game, please purchase new mobile version! We will consider!"
-Square Enix Management
I think that's how this works.
killatopak
Gold Member
Deader than dead.
;__;
fredrancour
Member
"If fans are interested in a new Chrono game, please purchase new mobile version! We will consider!"
-Square Enix Management
I think that's how this works.
Y'know what would make me religious? "Square-enix sells the Chrono series IP to capcom." That would make GAF sad enough that I would begin believing in a supreme being that relishes in humans weeping over petty things.
Mookie1515
Member
Even if it came back, it wouldn't be made by anyone you would want it to be made by. It's dead.
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Deleted member 13876
Unconfirmed Member
So, secretly in development?
Yes. There's still a huge amount of talent at S-E even with all the departures.
AcademicSaucer
Member
F zero levels of death
TheJollyCorner
Member
This is true... and it amazes me how many people simply reject this idea or legitimately believe all the good talent at the company is gone.
biggersmaller
Banned
Probably not. In the hands of another developer if ever. It would probably have to be western.
LOL - true I didn't see that coming. Though I have way more faith in David Lynch and Co. vs SquareEnix.
LOL - true I didn't see that coming. Though I have way more faith in David Lynch and Co. vs SquareEnix.
Purple Cheeto
Member
Sequels to Time Travel games never make sense any how.
Why can't Chrono Trigger be just a one off series?
Why can't Chrono Trigger be just a one off series?
revolverjgw
Member
This dead
Hours Left
Member
Nothing is ever truly dead!
Chie Satonaka
Member
All the dead.
It's all the dead that there can be, with no chance of undeath.
And that makes me sad. I know, yadda yadda modern day Square Enix, but Bravely Default was a step in the right direction. I still feel like they can do great things, even though it doesn't happen often.
It's all the dead that there can be, with no chance of undeath.
And that makes me sad. I know, yadda yadda modern day Square Enix, but Bravely Default was a step in the right direction. I still feel like they can do great things, even though it doesn't happen often.
More people need to play this game. As a big CT fan Radiant Historia fed my fix for a good few weeks.It's dead, but don't fret! There was a fairly recent DS game that should give you all that you desire as an unofficial Chrono game:
Gah, I'd kill for another Radiant Historia over another Chrono game.
That's why I always keep my New Game + save around. The fast forward device in Chrono Cross is a godsent.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
As dead as the deep empty void in my broken heart!
SuperStiltzkin
Member
After you beat it the first time you get a key item that let's you fast forward or slow down time in the game. I'm surprised more games haven't adopted that feature for new game plus.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Like a free 2 play mobile sequel by Square Enix?
Won't be surprised it that happened!
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Blue Dragon felt more like a modern anime-style FF5 than anything else.
Although the combat is very different, Radiant Historia is the closest thing to another Chrono Trigger out there.