Best General Square game?

[Goldenboko]

Of all the games that don't belong in the forums and thus belong here, which do you feel is the best? I haven't played many of them, however Chrono Trigger was amazing and I doubt they topped it! I especially love it's great use of New Game Plus, proof that no game has an excuse not to have no game plus in it!

[VeloZer0]

Chrono Trigger, no contest.

[nik0tine]

Xenogears tops Chrono Trigger in my opinion.

[VeloZer0]

Xenogears was crippled by disk two. Had they actually put the same effort into disk two as they did on disk one then it would certainly rise above CT. Which is really a shame.

[P4ine]

final fantasy x-2 is great i wish ther was x-3 it would top all the other se games

[Sephiroth]

I. Kingdom Hearts
II. Chrono Trigger
III. Secret of Mana

[champagne supernova]

Vagrant Story. My traditional stock answer.

[~*~Celes~*~]

To be honest, I haven't been very experimental with S-E general games, shame on me :( But, so far, I've loved Kingdom Hearts, Chrono Trigger, and Chrono Cross, so out of those three, I'd pick Chrono Trigger. Mainly because that's the only one I've played all the way through :D But also because Chrono Cross was too slow-paced for me and Kingdom Hearts...Well, that one comes in second place to me. It's very close to tying with Chrono Trigger, but I don't like the whole...Gummi ship thing, really :/

[bipper]

Kingdom Hearts
Chrono Trigger
Xenogears

All tied at number 1.

Rad Racer is close. It was timeless fun when I was a kid.

[Wolf Kanno]

Chrono Trigger and Xenogears easily. Vagrant Story and Secret of Mana are up there as well. :cool:

EDITGA: How could I forget The World Ends With You? That's also an awesome game as well as the Front Mission series and Threads of Fate. Man I miss the days when Square made competent non-FFs games.

[Jessweeee♪]

My personal favorite is Threads of Fate, but that's more of it being a good childhood memory xD


I guess of the ones I've played I'd say TWEWY!

[black orb]

>>> Chrono Trigger..:luca:

[Mercen-X]

I've never heard of General Square. When they fire up?


As for Squaresoft... my first experience was with FF7 and I think I'm pretty much stuck there. I mean, I got hooked on Square games ever since and I own plenty, but (despite no longer playing it) 7'll always have a very special (gay :tongue:) place in my heart.

[Slothy]

I'll have to say Chrono Trigger followed by probably Parasite Eve. I have to say that I've never played Xenogears or Vagrant Story though, so if they ever see release on the US PSN I may change that answer.

[Shotgunnova]

My three faves are FFT, Chrono Cross, and Xenogears. Holy trinity right thar.

[JKTrix]

I've barely played any of the games but I'll say Front Mission because I just looooooooooooooove giant robots. Though Dragon Quest 5 is the only Squenix game to actually crack into my 'favourite games ever' list.

[qwertysaur]

Secret of Mana is <3

[leader of mortals]

Chrono Trigger and Radiata Stories.

[FFIX Choco Boy]

Chrono Cross, KH 1 and 2, and Parasite Eve(Which will forever be better than Resident Evil) for non FFs, FFX, FFVII, and FFIX for final fantasies included. Still wanna try Chrono Trigger, Chocobo's Dungeon, Xenogears, and Secret of Mana though.

[Sephiroth]

Still wanna try Chrono Trigger, Chocobo's Dungeon, Xenogears, and Secret of Mana though.

You really should try it.

Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana are better than most of the Final Fantasys. Most of them, not all.

Well, that's just my opinion.

[Bolivar]

Man I miss the days when Square made competent FFs games.

Fixed.

And I vote Chrono Trigger!!!

edit: in light of JKTrix's comment, my vote goes to Dragon Quest VIII. Naturally, as it's the best JRPG ever made.

[Hot Shot]

I'd go with CT, Vagrant Story and KH

[Flying Arrow]

I'm partial to Final Fantasies VII, XII, and Chrono Trigger.

[Kuroshima]

Parasite Eve.

[ANGRYWOLF]

I still don't understand why Square shut down those independent player chrono projects..when it doesn't seem they're interested in making a new chrono game.oh well...:mad2:

[Slothy]

I still don't understand why Square shut down those independent player chrono projects..when it doesn't seem they're interested in making a new chrono game.oh well...:mad2:

Because they'd essentially be giving up some amount of control over the Chrono name if they let that happen. They'd be running the risk of fans not only making a bad game that tarnishes the Chrono name, or coming up with ideas that Square can no longer use without paying these people which I doubt they want to do if they ever do get around to making another game. And whether they ever make a new one or not, they can certainly make a small mint on remakes, and rightfully don't want any random group of people on the internet messing with their top franchises.

[asukaevaunit02]

Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana are better than most of the Final Fantasys. Most of them, not all.


Well put! Secret of Mana is classic, very enjoyable countless times.

and Final Fantasy IX was also a good effort.

[ANGRYWOLF]

I still don't understand why Square shut down those independent player chrono projects..when it doesn't seem they're interested in making a new chrono game.oh well...:mad2:

Because they'd essentially be giving up some amount of control over the Chrono name if they let that happen. They'd be running the risk of fans not only making a bad game that tarnishes the Chrono name, or coming up with ideas that Square can no longer use without paying these people which I doubt they want to do if they ever do get around to making another game. And whether they ever make a new one or not, they can certainly make a small mint on remakes, and rightfully don't want any random group of people on the internet messing with their top franchises.

I question whether Square feels anything outside of FF and Dragon Quest games are viable franchises.It seems clear to me Square feels their other franchises they own rights to..Mana, Ogre Battle, Chrono and others aren't viable.
They're just too silly to sell those franchises.
It seems obvious to me they should sell the rights to those franchises and let others develope chrono and the other games they aren't interested in developing.:mad2:

[Kyros]

I still don't understand why Square shut down those independent player chrono projects..when it doesn't seem they're interested in making a new chrono game.oh well...:mad2:

I'm fine with it where it is already. Chrono Trigger was tons better than Cross, which is good but nothing spectacular. Nobody I know ever even thinks of Chrono Cross when thinking of good games. I can see why since when people think of what came out around that time they think of Legend of Dragoon, which is a billion times better. There's no reason to continue this trend and make the next one even worse.

[VeloZer0]

Everyone I know considers Crono Cross to be an amazing game, and way better than LoD. It is a little lacking when considered as a direct sequel to Chrono Trigger, but if you think of it more as a game inspired by CT (such as the Final Fantasy titles all are) it allows it to shine on it's own merits.


I question whether Square feels anything outside of FF and Dragon Quest games are viable franchises.It seems clear to me Square feels their other franchises they own rights to..Mana, Ogre Battle, Chrono and others aren't viable.
Taking a quick look at the sales of these other titles compared to FF and DQ games and you can see why. Without the name recognition to move copies they would have to skimp on the development budget to make it happen.

[Kyros]

I've never met anyone that's considered CC to be near as good as LoD. Not to mention I hate CC for not giving me Rosaly when she was the last character I needed, but that was obviously after I'd beaten the game at least twice (though only once for full playthrough). I was ready to get that last person, beat the game, then beat the game again with Serge solo to see what the ending was but w/e.

I would put PE and CT as two of the best, and I've heard Xenogears is awesome, but I've never played it.

[Slothy]

I've never met anyone that's considered CC to be near as good as LoD.

I've talked to a lot of different people about a lot of different RPG's over the years, but never have I met anyone who liked LoD more than CC. Not to say that CC is a great game because it's not. At best CC could be seen as a decent RPG on it's own merits. It's got it's own unique style, a unique if somewhat annoying battle system, a great soundtrack and a decent story as I recall. LoD was kind of fun for a bit, but it was annoyingly grind happy and relied on more RPG cliches and generic characters than I care to see in one game. It was good for an RPG that came out of nowhere from a developer not known for anything in the genre, but certainly wasn't a better game than CC.

[crazybayman]

Dragon Quest 4 and 8.

[Polnareff]

IMO it's these three:

1. Brave Fencer Musashi
2. Parasite Eve 2
3. Front Mission

IMO of course.

EDIT: You know what? I just remembered Front Mission. Awesome games. I still have the first and third ones.

[Skyblade]

1. Chrono Trigger. The game that almost definitively tops my "best game ever" list is definitely assured top billing.
2. Secret of Mana. Despite the other games in the series that I have played being awful, SoM was a really excellent game that they need to rerelease on the DS rather than make horrible sequels to.
3. Kingdom Hearts. I or II, doesn't really matter. Both good games, each had different points it excelled at.

[Mo-Nercy]

Chrono Trigger for me too. In terms of replay value, it's got bucketloads. I always find myself forgetting an ending and replaying it to remind myself.

[Dr. Acula]

Definitely Chrono Trigger, though Secret of Mana and the KH games are up there.