11th April 2003, 12:03 PM
There are good reasons to get all three collections. FFV here in the US is only on PS1, so that's why you need Anthology. FFIV's original unaltered version with all the cool moves (well, the enemies have new moves too...) and a DECENT translation make Chronicles worth it (I never played FFIV when it was on SNES anyway). Origins has the unreleased in America FFII, plus the amazing graphical and sound updates and some various tweaks to make various activities easier (like being able to buy multiple items in one go at a store instead of having to buy 99 potions individually...).
You are right though, Chrono Trigger has TERRIBLE load times! It's very weird. In Japan, Final Fantasy IV had the horrendous load times while Chrono Trigger had seamless loadtimes. However, when they translated it, they somehow screwed up Chrono Trigger enough to give it HORRIBLE load times (can't even stand it on a PS1, it's only playable on a PS2 with fast load times activated). On the other hand, the translators fixed Final Fantasy IV and gave it completely seamless loadtimes (the whole game save music is dumped into RAM from the start).
I've been hearing lots of conflicting reports on FF3. Some places that are decently reliable say that the Wonderswan Color port is still on (which begs the questions, why so long to release, and why not update the sound and release it for the Wonderswan Crystal?), while others are saying that it's been cancelled for Bandai's handheld and is either being ported to GBA or being ported to PS1. I hope at least one of the latter is true (hopefully the one that will make the game portable :D), but now I'm very confused, whereas just yesterday I thought I knew that it was certainly going to GBA. I WANT THE ONION KIDS!
You are right though, Chrono Trigger has TERRIBLE load times! It's very weird. In Japan, Final Fantasy IV had the horrendous load times while Chrono Trigger had seamless loadtimes. However, when they translated it, they somehow screwed up Chrono Trigger enough to give it HORRIBLE load times (can't even stand it on a PS1, it's only playable on a PS2 with fast load times activated). On the other hand, the translators fixed Final Fantasy IV and gave it completely seamless loadtimes (the whole game save music is dumped into RAM from the start).
I've been hearing lots of conflicting reports on FF3. Some places that are decently reliable say that the Wonderswan Color port is still on (which begs the questions, why so long to release, and why not update the sound and release it for the Wonderswan Crystal?), while others are saying that it's been cancelled for Bandai's handheld and is either being ported to GBA or being ported to PS1. I hope at least one of the latter is true (hopefully the one that will make the game portable :D), but now I'm very confused, whereas just yesterday I thought I knew that it was certainly going to GBA. I WANT THE ONION KIDS!
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)