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Chrono Cross was remastered because the devs feared the classic JRPG becoming "unplayable"

Draugoth

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Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition owes its existence to the fact that the devs at Square Enix were afraid that the original version of the classic Japanese RPG was about to become "unplayable."

Details on the origins of the project come to us from a new, official Square Enix interview with the developers behind the project. The Radical Dreamers Edition originally began as a way to commemorate the game's 20th anniversary - which would have been in 2019 - but ended up coming out in 2022, awkwardly timed with the 23rd anniversary. The intent of the project is nice to hear, though.

Back when the project was launched, Chrono Cross was possibly going to become unplayable," remaster producer Koichiro Sakamoto explains. "There was a Game Archive service on PlayStation 3 that allowed you to play PlayStation 1 games. But PlayStation 4 was already on the market. We didn't know at the time if PlayStation 4 would also have a Game Archive service. It looked like Chrono Cross could become unplayable. So, a remaster project was set up. That's the backstory.
 
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Killer8

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Stupid comment, Ps4 was the only one without BC (and ps5 regarding PS1, ps2, ps3).
One console is not "generations".

PS4 had no BC while PS5 has BC but it's lackluster, incomplete and partially locked behind a paywall.

That's two generations. The comment stands.
 

35cent

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There was always emulation but it's good there was an official release of it anyway. I might pick it up now that they've improve the framerate.
 

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I still need to play this. Maybe now I should, as the patch improved things. Even got the physical release from Asia.

Yeah, the patch has made it much better on all platforms, even Switch. Field runs at a solid 30, battles at solid 60.
 
I don’t agree with the sentiment, but I hope this idea continues just to get these games on newer platforms.

There are way too many games lost to time/old hardware/etc. Port old games, look at the numbers, revive what sticks, leave what doesn’t.

One day I’d love to be able to load up Dino Crisis or Parasite Eve or Legacy of Kain or whatever on current gen. I’ll buy it again just to support it. I can emulate it all day but that doesn’t equate to new entries in long lost series that new players haven’t gotten to experience because they’ve never heard of it.
 
The current form of ps1 games getting released is a good system, includes rewind and save states and trophies. Although we need about 100x more games released. Also why does something like Legend of Dragoon take up 9 gigabytes??
 

AV

We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
This is finally fixed, right? I was looking at recent Steam reviews and it seems that way. One of the last on my "catch up on some old JRPGs" list with Sukioden(s) and Paper Mario.
 

Andyliini

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This is finally fixed, right? I was looking at recent Steam reviews and it seems that way. One of the last on my "catch up on some old JRPGs" list with Sukioden(s) and Paper Mario.
I have not played the game yet, but from what I read, the latest patch fixed most, if not all of the performance problems.
 
Important in what way?
To the history of gaming, period.
Very few care about Vagrant Story (I do, but im the minority), but Chrono Cross, Tactics, FF in general, these games have important historical context in the industry, have huge fanbases, and it’s important we keep them playable.
 
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Myths

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To the history of gaming, period.
Very few care about Vagrant Story (I do, but im the minority), but Chrono Cross, Tactics, FF in general, these games have important historical context in the industry, have huge fanbases, and it’s important we keep them playable.
Yeah, no. That’s a fairly ridiculous claim to make, and doesn’t justify one over the other here. Not to mention it has nothing to do with what they stated, which was more of a lack of support (possibly) through software compatibility on newer hardware.
 

diffusionx

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Einhander, Vagrant Story, Brave Fencer Musashi, Tobal 2, Front Mission 3, Parasite Eve, Bushido Blade, Sony released a LOT of stuff on PSX and most of it is worth being available today.
 

poodaddy

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So I've got a Series X in the game room but a One X in the living room downstairs. Question, has anyone here played it on One X? Does it run well? I tend to keep the more classic and low tech stuff on the One X to save space for the larger data sizes of more modern games on the Series X upstairs. Also considering just getting it on Steam to play it there on my daughter's deck that she never touches anymore.
 
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