While Crono and Marle, the two main characters of Chrono Trigger, are now dead (they get killed in the PlayStation ending of Chrono Trigger), Lucca, Robo, Belthasar, Magus, Spekkio and even Johnny the racer all feature here.

I meet many people even today who are surprised that video games can have a story at all.

And yet to me, the story of one girl is one of the many reasons why I consider Chrono Cross to be the best game ever made.

Released in 1999 for the PlayStation, this game is a piece of art.

And so if youre a gaming aficionado, or just someone who likes deep stories, read on.

A lot of my readers enjoy reading posts that reveal a lot about who I am, and if youre in that category but not a huge gamer, give this one a read anyway it might show you a bit more about what makes me tick (particularly the last section of this review).

A game with 13 endings, an amazing soundtrack, a perfect sense of progression, a powerful story, artwork by Akira Toriyama of Dragon Ball fame, interesting dialogue, great graphics man, any sequel trying to compete with the success of this title had a lot to live up to.

And in truth, Chrono Cross never really did, from a commercial standpoint anyway.

Many players were turned off by too many characters, its initially unrelated story, or some other reason.

But let me reason with you here and explain emphatically why Chrono Cross is the best game ever made.

It opens with some immediately captivating words that begin the tale from a mans journey Where did it all begin When did the cogs of fate begin to turn.

Then bam, youre hit by the powerful chorus of Times Scar, the main musical theme of Chrono Cross, and presented with a stellar FMV cutscene overview of the entire game.

Oooh, mysterious.

It throws you in with a highly leveled main character, and with some of the aspects of the story youre about to get hit with later in the game.

It sets a precedent of what to expect, of the great heights (literally) the games adventure will bring you to, shows you the characters who are going to matter, and introduces you to the games very unique battle system.

You live a fairly simple life, with a childhood friend named Leena, with whom you have reached the age where things are turning from childlike friendship into something far more.

During that conversation with her by the beach, you are suddenly swept away through a mystical portal, bringing you to a version of the world in which you died at the age of 7.

All the people are the same, but now theyve moved on without you, as if you were never there.

After allowing you to see what bonds Serge has with the world around him, the game throws you into the same world, but without you.

As Serge, you have to travel the world to discover how this divergent dimension exists, what happened 10 years ago, and by traveling between the two dimensions, unravel the mysteries of whats happened.

Oh, that guy is named Glenn, and he kind of looks like Frog who we met in Chrono Trigger.

Oh look, the little town of Porre has now become an empire that has taken over the whole world with its military.

This isnt a direct sequel to the ending of Chrono Trigger it addresses one of the unresolved side plots from that game as its central issue.

Chrono Cross Lore