7th November 2010, 10:50 PM
Chrono Cross was underrated at the time but these days it's really getting the attention it deserves.
I think part of the disappointment was that, coming from the SNES era, people expected a much bigger world, and coming from Chrono Trigger, I think people expected more than just two alternate realities. However I think it's clear it had to be scaled back what with all the work going into just making two alternate versions of just that small island chain with "modern" visuals. Considering what we had to look forward to, the total lack of a vast overworld of any sort for example, I think people are actually looking back fondly on it now.
That soundtrack really is amazing. Better enjoy that battle music, because you'll be hearing it the whole game.
That's one thing to say about the Mother/Earthbound series, they put so many different battle tunes in there, all over the place right down to specific kinds of random enemies.
Oh, speaking of game music... Koji Kondo and a bunch of other peeps are in the latest Nintendo interview thingy at Nintendo's web site. It's very interesting reading about how they went about writing music. Koji Kondo apparently made it a personal mission to make absolutely sure that every song he wrote never got old, to the point that he'd play every song he wrote for hours on end in a constant loop, and if he got tired of it, he knew something was wrong with it.
Sorry to go off topic, but you two have been locked up in this thread for days! I've been posting stuff and no one's responding!
I think part of the disappointment was that, coming from the SNES era, people expected a much bigger world, and coming from Chrono Trigger, I think people expected more than just two alternate realities. However I think it's clear it had to be scaled back what with all the work going into just making two alternate versions of just that small island chain with "modern" visuals. Considering what we had to look forward to, the total lack of a vast overworld of any sort for example, I think people are actually looking back fondly on it now.
That soundtrack really is amazing. Better enjoy that battle music, because you'll be hearing it the whole game.
That's one thing to say about the Mother/Earthbound series, they put so many different battle tunes in there, all over the place right down to specific kinds of random enemies.
Oh, speaking of game music... Koji Kondo and a bunch of other peeps are in the latest Nintendo interview thingy at Nintendo's web site. It's very interesting reading about how they went about writing music. Koji Kondo apparently made it a personal mission to make absolutely sure that every song he wrote never got old, to the point that he'd play every song he wrote for hours on end in a constant loop, and if he got tired of it, he knew something was wrong with it.
Sorry to go off topic, but you two have been locked up in this thread for days! I've been posting stuff and no one's responding!
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