Let's Play Chrono Trigger

[Skyblade]

I mostly really like the trial, just because of the fun you can have manipulating it with your actions on the fairgrounds. Each juror is tied to a specific key (yes, even the one that everyone thinks is "random". He's not), and you can really have fun with it, especially with the extra scenes from the NPCs.

Plus, the trial music is epic, and I love the time-travel tie to it.

Medieval times, after you rescue the Chancellor: "We have to create a criminal justice system to deal with threats to the royal family."

Modern times: You get put on trial for abducting the princess. If only you hadn't rescued the real Chancellor (actually, he breaks free anyway, but still).

[Loony BoB]

Oh man, I haven't played this game in forever and had forgotten pretty much everything, but this LP is remindng me of it piece by piece.

[Pumpkin]

So I manage to break out by making a lot of noise and then beating up on the guards. I explore, run around, do some fights, collects some treasure chests.

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Beat that guy up, who exclaims that he doesn't get paid enough for this.

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Rescue this guy who was about to get his head chopped off. Which in hindsight was an odd thing to do. Like, he could have been a mass murderer for all I know. It's done now, so that's that.

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This is the new best face I've seen this whole game.

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You sure took your time.

Then I find this not on the ground.

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First off, why would you make it weak to swords and pistols and second, it is awfully convenient that my two characters happen to have those weapons.

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I have a feeling I will be that crazed lunatic.

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And I am that crazed lunatic!

So I beat up dragon tank (who's idea was this?) and the Chancellor takes a fit.

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Well, that doesn't work and it blows up.

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Unfortunately, the Chancellor doesn't die, but fortunately, he does make a convenient bridge for me to walk across.

I continue my escape and the Princess tells them to stop. The King scolds her and says she is a Princess first.

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You tell them!

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Yeah, okay then.

So I'm being chased through the woods by Chancellor McJerkface and some guards and I find another Gate that Marle immediately says we should jump through because, you know, that's smart.

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Thank you!

Sadly Marle is too absorbed in her leaving the castle plan to care about that, so in we go.

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Also an excellent face.

[Formalhaut]

I love the dragon tank comments. By honest, I guess I mean your incredulity and wit. I love it. Keep it up!

[Pumpkin]

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Pretty sure something can get us here. Lucca claims this is a pretty advanced place, meaning probably the future.

If this is the future than it is incredibly depressing and awful

So I wander around and I find a sewer area.

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I don't know who that is.

Then I find some frogs arguing about bridges (typical frog argument)

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I find this note:

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Well then

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The lookout guy and this... slug thing both start laughing at me and then challenge me to a fight. Before the fight starts, however, the lookout guy runs away, leaving me with slug who seriously wants to kill me.

I ALSO HAVEN'T RUN IN TO A SAVE IN FOREVER SO I AM SUPER GLAD I CAN QUICK SAVE

Then I come out of the sewers and find this

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This is um... what? Is that like a robot fish slave or something?

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I don't think I have seen any of those things

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I think this old man has some mental health problems.

Then I go somewhere else and find this thing here:

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Will I be able to use this device? I hope so, and I hope it helps me leave this horrible awful area because I hate it so much

Tune in next time!

[Formalhaut]

So is Chrono Trigger quite linear then? That's what I'm getting so far.

[Pumpkin]

It seems a bit linear so far, yeah. I'm not too far in yet though, so it's hard to say.

[Madonna]

A lot of routes are closed off to the world at large due to [future story plotlines], which you get to, and there comes a time when the world is your oyster. Until then, yeah, the scope gets narrow, but shion has not shown how a person can get lost in Guardia forest, the sewers, and even the cannibal church has a lot to miss if you somehow only go from plot point to plot point.

[Pumpkin]

Yeah you can go to different areas and explore before the plot points but so far it has been limiting. Like old guy and fish robot slave don't seem to have advanced the story for me at all, but I could still go and visit them. The sewers were pretty long and there were a few more dialogues with the frog dudes that I didn't include.

[Sephex]

You can actually skip the sewer when you first get to the future, but there comes a point where you HAVE to go through it, so it's best just to get it out of the way when you first arrive.

The commentary keeps on getting better and better! I need to up my game when I update my Shining Force II thread (hopefully ASAP in a couple of days)!

[Pumpkin]

I back track through the sewers and find these people in a dome thingy.

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Lucca tells them we are from the West. This is true. We are from so far West, some people call it the "past".

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I am pretty awesome.

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None of this means anything to me.

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He tells me it's ironic that they're going to starve to death over their own food storage. By ironic I think he means incredibly tragic.

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This is good to know. Mountains, always causing worldwide famine and robot invasions. I mean, what did they expect from a mountain named Death Peak?

So I head down to their food storage area and fight a big robot.

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See, I was worried, because he has this countdown thing he does. I was expecting like a super mega ultra attack to take place when he reached 0, but he just regenerates his stupid little pod things. You disappoint me giant robot.

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This is incredibly unfortunate. We also find a dead man and apparently decide to search him for some reason. Seriously, what is it with people and dead bodies in RPGs? I touched a dead cat body once and it was horrifying.

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Oh good, a SeeD! I hope it's a good one like Squall. He'll take care of those robots. I know he will, I've seen him do it.

There's also a note or something.

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What a convenient note for us to find.

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So I catch it and it tells me this and then I unlock stuff and walk and fight and eventually arrive to the supercomputer.

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I just said that.

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You can't see it, but it's a little ways off.

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Lucca, probably.

[Pumpkin]

But the video is not done!

We get this disturbing image here

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See, that place looks a lot like the world from the present (past?), but what's happening there does not look good. Apparently that happens in the year 1999 AD and we are in the year 2300 AD and our real time is 1000 AD. That's a lot of ADs.

Marle is very upset at the fact that this is our future (no kidding), but then decides:

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Yeah, sure. WHY NOT. It's not like we're just a bunch of kids who should probably be in school and maybe we should find some evidence of this and the Gates and hand this over to professionals or something.

LETS TIME TRAVEL

We head back to the sad people and they basically don't care about our time traveling, but the old man (I already forgot his name) is happy to see such hope in us.

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He gives me the keys to his futurebike

Which is a massive bike, I might add.

But I can't just take the bike and be on my way. Oh no. Instead I run in to future douche.

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Are... are you serious?

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This is... I can't...


He was serious.


I do win the race actually, mostly thanks to my boyfriend's racing. As some of you know, sharky races cars, and he's told me about this thing called.... I don't remember, but it's where you bump a car to give it a boost to go faster. So I just kept having him bump in to me and I stayed ahead of him pretty consistently.

Bet you never thought having a racer boyfriend would come in handy. WELL NOW IT HAS TRANSLATED IN TO THE REAL WORLD SKILL OF PLAYING VIDEO GAMES TAKE THAT

So I arrive at the dome thingy I was searching for.

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Chrono looks like a lady wearing a pretty blue dress in his overworld map sprite. Is so cute. Look at his little dress.

So I head in and do some fights and then I see a little robot guy.

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Oh look, I get movies!

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And Lucca decides to fix him up!

Marle calls her crazy, saying he might just attack us if he's fixed.

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So she spends some time fixing him up and he wakes up and is happy and we all introduce ourselves.

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So Lucca is totally cool with that name, but no one else is, so I get to name him.

Okay, really. The default name is Robo. ROBO. That's not even... no. No his name is not Robo. Instead, his name shall be

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Yes, excellent. That name is perfect for him. I'm serious, I see that name when I look at him.

Moving on


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We sadly had to tell him that the others are probably dead and he is a sad robot . We tell him about our time traveling shenanigans and how we need to get through that door behind him.

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The power is shut off, but Freddy has a plan. But to go there, one of my party members must stay behind.

Who should I leave behind?

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I'll actually let you guys decide! You should have until I play again tomorrow night (20ish hours) to decide.

Pros and cons of each character:

Marle:
Pro: Has healing magic
Cons: Didn't want to rescue poor Freddy

Lucca:
Pro: I like her better
Cons: Doesn't have healing magic

Decide who will join me on my epic quest to wherever the heck Freddy said we were going!

[Wolf Kanno]

This is a fun little thread, reminds that I should finally finish my FFIII one...

Anyway, go with Lucca. Marle is kind of dead weight and Robo is one of the more well-rounded characters.

I love most of the cast to be honest. Frog is actually one of my favorites. My final team is Crono, Frog, and one person you haven't met yet.

Also Robo's theme is probably my favorite character them in the game.

Also, I can share this since you've met everyone!

[Skyblade]

I vote Marle. I like her better, and she does get some awesome reactions in the upcoming bit.

Also, we can now share this gem with you:



Square: Rick Rolling people since 1995.

[Fynn]

Go with Lucca! Freddy's got some healing techs too, I believe