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Chrono Trigger is on Steam (Fan patches now being released)
- Thread starter Kenzodielocke
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Checked out the updated mobile version. Looks great blown up on the iPhone 8 screen, but I really wish they'd add an option to disable whatever filter they've applied. Even more pressing is the need for an option for a fixed digital analog stick position. It's so uncomfortable the way movement is handled right now.
Dunno if it's wise to post a Tweet promotion the piracy of the ROM.
Wow I was real excited for a minute or two. They have three other versions of this game that they could have ported from. Of course they went with the cheapest and least consumer-friendly version instead.
*sees thread saying CT is on Steam*
*confusion ensues*
*realizes it's legit*
*internally screams with delight*
*realizes it's mobile port with shit-tier vaseline filter*
fuck everything.
*confusion ensues*
*realizes it's legit*
*internally screams with delight*
*realizes it's mobile port with shit-tier vaseline filter*
fuck everything.
Okay, so the tiles aren't supposed to look like that then? Alright, definitely refunding.
Even ignoring the filter, none of the tiles on the ground anywhere, or trees, etc... Match up. It's insane.
Even ignoring the filter, none of the tiles on the ground anywhere, or trees, etc... Match up. It's insane.
It does, but we're too busy complaining about them not releasing more mobile ports, but also, that they keep releasing mobile ports.
My tweets are blowing the fuck up right now, but I think this might be the worst that Square Enix has ever treated one of their ports.
The title screen has bad tearing from the get go.
Tiles don't even begin to match up.
Characters are a blurry mess, the text is difficult to read.
The character sprites have one filter, the background tiles have another, and then things like the flags, Leene's bell, and the shine on Marle's pendant don't have any filtering at all.
What the fuck is even going on here?
Here, let's dream for a second: http://portbegging.tumblr.com/post/75074889969/port-begging-for-chrono-trigger-publisher
Rlan put together what is arguably the best way to handle this treasure of a game. Keep things faithful, but update simple aspects (like the aspect ratio) to meet modern expectations.
If you want to play Chrono Trigger in its best official way, grab the DS version. Lots of improvements over the PSX version and an updated translation that has a slightly more faithful take.
If you want to play Chrono Trigger in its best unofficial way, grab a Wii U, the DS version of Chrono Trigger, and use homebrew to play the top screen on your TV and the touch screen on your Wii U Gamepad.
But whatever you do, don't buy this version of the game.
The entire map had tiling errors. Like, you need to make an effort to not care about this when porting a game.
It just sounds like it's lifted from the original soundtrack album rather than the SNES OSV. By updated they meant 22 years ago
Yeah, so this runs at 10-15 FPS, keeps the mobile overlay and substandard fonts, and has the terrible filtering applied.
Quality post.
I do believe it was joke. I'm sure Bob Makey of all people owns at least one copy of the game. :\
Yeah no, it runs at 60fps. But yeah, it has the mobile overlay and filtering. If these are modded, this'll be the best version.
The tiles have always been like this, but the bad filtering makes it extremely obvious where the seams in them are. It's much harder to tell if you're playing the original game with none of the filtering applied, and even harder to spot them playing it on a CRT on genuine hardware.
Ah yes. The Unholy Square Enix Port Trinity.
The Father
The Son
The Unholy Ghost
These and the other CT screenshots all look awful... when will fans ever get the original games in their unaltered state??? SMH
Probably some poor schmuck intern who got paid a pittance. Because they obviously had no budget for anything else.
These and the other CT screenshots all look awful... when will fans ever get the original games in their unaltered state??? SMH
Well there's the Wii VC versions of all those games...while they last.
BRB playing the Genesis and NeoGeo games I bought that are ROMs in an emulator.
These and the other CT screenshots all look awful... when will fans ever get the original games in their unaltered state??? SMH
Was the DS version altered? Haven't played it yet, though I bought it last year.
VC, the idea behind this is great. While I love that this service exists, if anything where to happen to my Wii and if the store stopped allowing me to re-download that media. I would be straight up boned at that point.
Sadly, as others have echoed prior to this post, I will stick to my CIB CT and DS port of it. One day, I would love to just wrap my arms around this title on other media, just so long that I know I can always keep it.
Aren't there good upscaling filters like Waifu2x?
What on earth did they even use for this?
And not making it a toggle is mind blowing.
What on earth did they even use for this?
And not making it a toggle is mind blowing.
Oh really? I saw one or two Steam reviews mention that they lost their saves, but I didn't know that it corrupts itself over time.
I got as far as the Cultist's Tower (which I couldn't finish because the boss-fight would soft lock) so I gave up and wrote a review.
S-E needs to be taken to task for these ridiculously lazy and awful ports.
The sad thing is, Europe only received their first localisation of Chrono Trigger 9 years ago - being the wonderful DS port. That's certainly a great way to introduce this masterful RPG to a new audience but everything since then has been extremely poor. This is one of the most celebrated games of all time and it hardly has a presence outside of American and Japan. They even charged us 900 Wii points for the luxury of playing it on Virtual Console, and that's an awkward number!
No, the DS version is, while some will disagree, as good as the SNES version.
I'll make it clear where I stand, I will Always appreciate these games getting new life on newer devices, I just wish it wasn't Almost Always a Compromise on quality.
like, I'm glad they put the DS content in there, but why are there immediately (not in my case, I'll admit) obvious tileing errors? I almost want to say stuff like this is a management issue, where they keep fudging with the process until they ship something incomplete, because I don't think any company with at least mild success in porting would just miss this.
I'm not even mad at the tileing at this point, I just feel like looking into the circumstances that lead to the port!
Been playing for half an hour, can confirm its the Android/iOS version
Bravo fantastic post seriously SE your embarrassing yourself get it together you want all the money? then do it the right way................ like like this trash.
How do you fuck this up so badly?
I screamed in excitement when I saw the thread title and was ready to pull my wallet out. They can fuck off with this shit.
Ah yes. The Unholy Square Enix Port Trinity.
The Father
What's this Kemco FFV tribute
The DS version is great ... if played patched on an emulator with the soundtrack replaced.