Chrono Trigger Changed My Life 

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I jumped with joy when I saw your notification. Chrono Trigger also changed my life. I remember so vividly, stumbling upon it in my childhood and was so entranced with everything. It was at that moment that I knew I was playing my favorite video game. It still hasn't been topped for me. I'm glad I wasn't alone on this. Wonderful video. Keep up the amazing work.

You have one man to thank for the Kingdom of Zeal: story editor Masato Kato. He was the one who came up with it and insisted on it being included in the final game. He was the one who devised it as this very special place where the puzzle pieces of the game come together in a way the player never expected. He was also the main story editor in Final Fantasy VII, by the way. Quite an interesting fellow.

The only other time I’ve ever felt this grandeur and trance similar to that of Zeal, is the first time you visit Shevat in Xenogears. Something about floating sky cities just has a magic to them

Corridors of Time so god tier. The whole soundtrack is phenomenal. Also Pride and Courage and the title theme

One of the few mediums where I was told that it was a masterpiece and then ended up agreeing that it was indeed a masterpiece!

At least once a year I listen to corridors of time (zohar arrengement) and my eyes fill with tears, this is definitely more than a game

This is one of the few games that is deservedly paid the highest compliment one can give any piece of media. It is simply... timeless.

Just found this the day that Akira Toriyama was announced to be dead. Rest in piece to a legend who helped make this incredible game that has touched the lives of many.

Beautifully said, it's nice to hear someone share their experience and emotions about Chrono Trigger. I feel the same and just listening to you talk while music plays just hit right home.

This is actually a really common sentiment about this particular spot in Chrono Trigger and yet it is almost impossible to explain why. Maybe that is what real magic is.

Thanks for sharing this with us, AJ! Chrono Trigger is indeed wonderful! It makes total sense that it's a classic.

WOW, I mean WOW. I never thought i would hear from another person that the most impactful moment of Chrono trigger was first seeing the kingdom of zeal. I felt it as such a personal moment and it changed how i saw video games forever. Its so awesome that you felt the impact of that moment, it really is the turning point of the whole game, its overall message. I want people to play Chrono trigger to get the massive scope and feelings it gave me.

IF NOBODY GOT ME I KNOW YASUNORI MITSUDA GOT ME

My favorite game, no question about it. I’m from Chile so I speak spanish, and got the rom years ago… was immediately captured by it’s beauty and music, so I had no option but to push forward with a spanish-english dictionary IN HAND (yeah, there was no Google Translate back then). A magical experience in so many levels, it felt like I was right there growing up with the characters along the journey.

It was a masterpiece. That said, I wouldn’t mind a remake done in the style of the Live A Live remake.

I also love this game! Keep up the amazing work man!😊😊😊❤❤❤

5:00 Totally agree with you, but still haven't find a game that reached the peak that Chrono Trigger did.

Me too man. It was my first console game ever. I got a hand-me-down SNES with bunch of games in a plastic bedsheet thing (you know the container thing they come in) anyway Chrono Trigger stood out to me for some reason and I remember grinding all my characters to level 99 in the rainforest in 65 mil b.c. I couldn't beat the last stage of Lavos (I was 6 or 7) and I just never beat it until I got it at 16 for Christmas and then I finally beat the game. So yeah it basically took me 10 years to beat Chrono Trigger. Frog is my all-time favorite character, he's my pfp on a lot of stuff lol.

Genuinely ow of my favorite video games ever made. The music also holds a very special place in my heart. It's so masterfully crafted and composed. I remember being like 4 or 5 and playing a little bit here and there on my older brothers SNES so hearing any of the OSTs fill me with nostalgia.

Without emulation I would have never played this bc of price hiking in the retro community. But oh boy, I thought I would enjoy this game but when I put it on at 1:00pm I didn’t stop until 9pm. Absolutely love this damn game

I'm so glad for the love thrown towards Chrono Trigger, the first game that really completely captured my imagination. Even as a young boy, I could recognize greatness when I played this game. And Alex, I've known for a while you're a big fan, because you have Chrono Trigger background music playing all the time in your videos, and I and I'm sure others definitely picked up on that.

My unpopular opinion : As a snes jrpg this one tops ffvi easily. Everything is just on point, truly unique.

Stepping into Zeal the first time literally inspired me to start writing high fantasy o.o"

I miss games like these ❤

Greatest game of all time. When you consider the characters, music, combat system, story, cool locations, multiple endings and everything it’s easily the great game of all time

Mine too, I often remember Chrono Trigger when day dreaming

Masterful work mate!

So cool Josh Stryfe Hayes just did this game on his "Were they any good series" i really want to play it lol

Timely with Josh Strife Haye's video

I got Chrono Trigger for Christmas in grade 6. The soundtrack will be the last thing Alzheimer's takes from me.

Chrono Trigger is definitely one of the very few games I'd call 'Perfect'. Meaning, everything it attempts it succeeds in perfectly.

It's a great game, that is to be sure.

I kinda get it, when I was young I played Dragon Warrior 7 because the guy in the cover looked like Link. At this time I learned enough English to mostly understand common things, but still needed to use a dictionary/translator to get more complicated topics. Bear in mind, this was like, 20 years ago, so the only memories that remain of that game is its absurd length due to grinding / class changes, a festival were my man Kiefer fell in love with a tribal princess and ONE song. I experienced sadness as a child, but never had any piece of media evoked actual sorrow in me. Most of the game consists of the group teleporting to an island in the past, witnessing a tragedy in progress (kidnappings, needing to sacrifice someone, slow death of a tribe) and working towards fixing the issue and/or saving the people, your reward being that the island is now present at the future, YEARS after you saved it. So you do that twice, and you believe "Oh, I get the formula, it's like a cartoon with a weekly villain and story". So you go to the third island, which is super small and only has a small town in the center. You enter it, and you are greeted by this song: Dragon Quest VII - Days of Sadness It's the sad theme of the game, but I heard it for HOURS since I got stuck. The town is covered in statues of people deteriorated by the elements, and you learn that this was caused by a mysterious rain. In the night, you can see the souls within the statues remembering their last moments, and realize that the old man that you meet, is the only survivor of the rain 50 years ago, he found the cure but their bodies were already too damaged. There was a note in a bookshelf that you need to find to progress, but I couldn't find it. For hours, I tried everything I could, sleeping multiple times, staying in random places a couple of minutes at a time, leaving and returning after a while passed, and nothing. I remember I started crying, both due to frustration for being stuck and because I thought the game ended there, and the music went on and on for so long that I still remember that song PERFECTLY. Later I found the bookshelf and rescued the only person who was petrified while indoors, and the game treated this moment as if I had saved the village (which I did since there were the only two surviving people), but at the time I thought nothing about rescuing the kid and only felt sadness because a whole village disappeared and I couldn't be the hero. Even when you go to the future, the only thing you find is a stone that served as the center of the village. Sure, later you recruit people to rebuild the village, so you technically save the town. But honoring their memory by moving forward in their name isn't the same as saving them. Anyways, might actually play the game again, now that I think about it, no wonder the game was rated for Teens with that much sadness and suffering in it.

Omg a chrono trigger vid, this is one of my favorite games ever. I wish more people play it as it's such a beautiful experience

Such a beautiful game. Great video mate!

Thanks for this. I finally got to play it on the DS.

no way you played Chrono Trigger!! 🙌

You may get a similar sense of transcendental beauty from The Outer Wilds. I highly recommend it.

I always loved golden sun games too

A banger game with a BANGER ost

I guess it's time for another Chrono Trigger playthrough. Thank you, AJ.

very happy to see a video about my favorite game of all time, the one piece of video games

Been a fan of the channel for a long time, so I can't wait to see what you think of the greatest game of all time.

One of my favorite games of all time. Replaying it as an adult blew my mind though. Much shorter game than I remembered. I wish they had come out with a true sequel.

Wind scene track is my favorite OST of all gaming. I don't think it will ever be topped.

Chrono Trigger and Cross have both a strong message that actually makes more and more sense as you grow older

Amazing, Chrono Trigger made such a similar impact in my life too. The only other game that made it that close for many years for me was FFVI. I also recommend Octopath Traveler 2 to everyone who shares this view regarding these games, it is a truly new gem that evokes similar feelings.

My favorite game in middle school-it dominated SNES.

Another felllow human of Supreme Culture, I greet thee

I saw it was this channel, I read Chrono Trigger, INSTANT FKING CLICK YOOOO LET'S GOOOO one of my fav games of all time

Akira Toriyama

Great video and I've felt something similar when I first played it. Wind Scene also my absolute favorite track of the OST. I don't recall if you have already tried Chrono Cross, but I highly recommend it. Don't go in expecting Chrono Trigger 2, it definitely aims to a different vibe, much more somber and melancholic. But if you love the sense of wonder and the dream-like feel of the Kingdom of Zeal, Chrono Cross is all about that. Quite literally. This section of Trigger and the whole of Cross are written by the same guy (Masato Kato), and he definitely nails this feeling of wonder and mystique you feel in Zeal. The OST as you know is also magnificent. The game is not without its flaws and development issues, but I feel it makes up for it in heart and this ethereal feeling of living in a dream it provides. The FPS issues of the PC port were fixed recently in a patch, so it should be pretty easy to play it now. Thanks for the videos, cheers!

The only other game which gave me this same experience was Lost Odyssey.

yooo Chrono Trigger slaps hard

Yup.

Games a masterpiece

i really gotta restart the game. its been the only snes game ive been able to play without getting ultra bored

:o a nice surprise

good week for Chrono Trigger- Josh strife hayes just did a huge video on it. Ya'll making me wanna boot it up again- only problem....new game plus? or Fresh start?

Yo I am also a huge fan of CHrono Trigger have you played Undertale or Earthbound. I feel like they reach the level of quality in Chrono Trigger.

This video deserves to be longer.

I've never played this game but I know the guy who created dragon Ball z designed the characters for this game

Chrono Trigger is the greatest game of all time ever!

Based.

Based

Chrono cross. Go into it with an open mind and two playthroughs and it might just surpasses Trigger. Game aged like fine wine

Dude, dude, dude! Do yourself (and ourselves, if a video about it comes out) a favor and play Chained Echoes. It is the game that most reminded me of a (good) mix of Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VI and XII, Xenogears and Suikoden. Each of their own reason.

Zelda Fans: we can face the final boss anytime, unlike you guys. Chrono-Trigger fans:😒😒

Great video and magnificent game. I don't think I'm alone in saying I consider it among the very best of all time. I have a video essay about it on my channel too if anyone's interested!

Have you played Kingdom Hearts?

Well said.

The only game that resonates for me in quite the same way is Mother 3 (my fav game), both are masterpieces imo

:)

You want that level of story-immersion? I highly recommend CrossCode. Xenogears as well, but I'm sure others will suggest that one.