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

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."

[banger88]

I don't know why they were worried. Emulation has ensured the game (and every other PS1 game for that matter) will live on forever. Maybe they're so out of touch they aren't even aware emulators are a thing.

[phoenixwing]

I think they want to be in mainstream not just emulation niche

[CantThinkOfAUsername]

Emulation will always be worse than a native port.

[sadraiden]

PS1 emulation is essentially perfect. Maybe not frame perfect in the same way that hardware emulation can deliver, but you can't tell the difference. You can run epsxe or duckstation on a potato PC.

[Terry_B]

Thats bs.

[Pedrof]

So many games are way more "unplayable" than Chrono Cross, which at least had a rerelease as a PS1 Classic on PS3.

[Tapani]

More fear please!!

[FallenAngel1984]

Why wasn’t Chrono Trigger included in this?

This should’ve been a celebration of the entire Chrono series

[DivineHand125]

Based on Square's logic, Chrono Trigger had no risk of being lost to time because you can currently get that game on Android, iOS and PC while the only version of Chrono Cross that existed was on the original PS1 and playstation classics for PS3, PSP and PS Vita. Those consoles are discontinued.

I would love to see them give Chrono Trigger the ff7 remake treatment minus it being episodic.

[FallenAngel1984]

Square Enix has no problem rereleasing their Final Fantasy titles as often as they do. Should apply that logic to CT as well

If Chrono Trigger did get a remake it’d be on the scale of Trials of Mana, Live a Live or DQIII rather than FFVII

[shinoff2183]

I'd be fine with that. Stay truer to the original. Combat , everything. Although I enjoyed ff7r the combat nearly put me off the game. I didn't mind the changes to the story.

[Chard]

The Steam port of Chrono Trigger, since all of the updates it received, is quite close to being flawless, I wish they’d go the final mile and make the remaining fixes, which should be easy for them to do

[Knightofelemia]

Xenogears says hello

[Ronmaest]

The most epic game Square has made.

[jznrpg]

I still have a couple copies for PS1 . I’m sure there are others ways to play it .

I’m glad they released it on current gen but they should have patched it sooner than a year . I’ve been waiting since I ran into some bugs while playing it and I can finally be o back and play it soon .

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

True, but this is typically of SE, especially for their PC releases, at least they finally did it, unlike some games where it was left up to fans to fix (I think this happened to Nier Automata).

[franwex]

They were so worried that what they released was less playable than the original.

[MeteorPanda]

Look at Octopath failing in sales and poor reviews cause its graphics.

Oh wait. it's a hit.

[sadraiden]

As if Square Enix is this obscure publisher with rare games that no one has access to anymore.

Worse case scenario: you don't want to emulate, so you find a copy of Chrono Cross for $20 and a PS1 for $20.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

Then port more games! I want more of these classics available on modern systems, Square-Enix has a fantastic backlog of games I would happily replay or, for those I missed the first time around, enjoyable experience for the first time.

[Terry_B]

If thats their point...they should also remaster and re-release all of their PS1 era games to modern platforms already.

Bushido Blade, Ehrgeiz, Einhänder, Tobal and so many more.