Chrono Trigger On PC Needs Help 

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As a graphic designer, I can tell you that I did this once, and what happened was that they LOVED the hideous design. I learned a valuable lesson that day. VERY VALUABLE.

"Smartphones are going to be competing with the sun, until the human race is the dust of a memory, in whatever sleeping giant is dreaming us." - Tim Rogers 2017

As an artist, I often give clients *exactly* what they ask for, in the hopes that they'll see how unfortunate it looks. 90% of the time, they can be convinced to go in an aesthetically better direction. The other 10%? Not so much...

As someone who has designed a T-shirt once or twice I can tell you that pixels are everything. Without pixels the universe would cease to exist. The only thing smaller than an atom are the pixels that make up that atom.

Stop making videos, Tim Rogers. I can't afford to fall in love with you any deeper.

They actually did a decent job of cleaning up the issues actually. Only real problem remaining is the fact they don’t let you disable the health/Atd gauges from underneath the player characters in combat. I played it on my crt monitor on “original” graphics and the pixel art looked accurate. There was no sign of this horrible font or menus as far as I can tell. No sign of bilinear filtering/ pixel blue unless you choose the “HD” graphics settings. My god I just doubled checked and they did add a drop shadow to the text in the pc version, also a subtle gradient. Cheers.

I feel bad for whoever was put in charge of crapping out this port.

If they still using "Jurassic Rhythm", everyone will recognise the tune of Jurassic Park theme.

Tim Rogers did you just call the text 'heroic ruggedness'?

I do some graphic design; yeah you’re not wrong. Also, I just binged almost everything with a Tim Rogers VO; love the writing and editing, man.

What are you doing at Kotaku Tim? Start your own analysis channel! :D

How to fix the game... Play it on the SNES.

OMG REALLY??? a square port that sucks??? wow this is unheard of, that has never happened before. oh gee square i hope you wont make this a trend

From what i can remember, on the SNES version, one of the buttons could actually switch the text box to the top of the screen and vice-versa. I just can't remember which button was...

All the Menubuttons are so big because the mobile version was a port of the NDS Version, which had touch controls. So this is a port (to PC) of a port (to mobile phone) of a port (to NDS). A true Frankenstein's Monster of gaming history!

WOW those tiles are bad. It’s really distracting.

Tim Rogers, this video made me instantly want to seek out your content cuz you speak with a rhythm and cadence that is delightful, yet has ASMR qualities of dreaminess. Alas, all you do are videos for Kotaku... This will have to do for now.

This is what happens when someone catches Deadpool, ties him up, and forces him to read this game stuff without cussing and by being less colorful but still being as honest as possible. He has to do it or they will shoot the Unicorn, burn it, and toss it in a wood chipper.

birthday shout out to Tim Rogers, not cause it's his birthday, but about the birthday date thing on Steam

They wanted a quick buck

Bring Chrono Trigger to the Switch

How to create a good remake to port to PC in 2018 - Step 1: DON'T JUST PORT THE SHITTY MOBILE VERSION. You'd literally have a higher percentage of satisfied customers if you just packaged a SNES emulator with the rom of your game. Why? Because it would look and play far better. Console dev companies are trying to breach the PC market without attempting to understand PC gamers. Nobody drops the price of a used car on a high-end gaming rig because they want to play piss-poor ports of games that would have looked and played just as well on their phones.

yea...I guess it depends on places, but my place, bosses don't care about designs, and they just ask us to change something. No matter how many times we explain that it's a bad idea. :(

What's the song at 12:20?

I did enjoy the absurdity of this video, but I also couldn't play my PC version at all because (regardless of keyboard/mouse or controller), my character would always just rush left as if a button was depressed. Couldn't change key bindings or have any other button functionality except "esc" which brought up a joystick on screen that I couldn't manipulate. So I bought it for my DS and lost myself to the nostalgia that way. Now if only Xenogears would get any kind of re-release at all....

you literally pointed out everything and more of what I've been complaining about. Liked and subscribed

I came into this video expecting disappointment, and I was pleasantly surprised. Tim, you're too good for Kotaku.

This personality and speech style reminds me of Mr Plinkett from Red Letter Media!

Honestly the pixel art of the original game was perfect. Tim, you have exactly the right idea on how to fix this port. It would seem that it would take even less effort to do that anyways...

This is the best video I've seen on a while. Good job!

This is so great I'm hoping someone will upload it to Steam

So, Square-Enix probably want to streamline their classics into one version. And since the Japanese market mainly games on the go, they prefer handheld and mobile games. So, I'm sure to them, it makes sense to put the "Mobile" or new version of Chrono Trigger on every other platform (whose sales figures in the West will pale in comparison to the Japanese mobile market). Also, I'm guessing that the current popular style of games in Japan are smoother, which explains why all of the new versions of their classics have new art or filters. They're catering to their core market. I, personally, first played CT on my iPhone when the original app came out. It was okay. The UI didn't bother me, the pixels actually looked good on it, and I enjoyed it. It only lacked a quick save option, which seems important for gaming on the go. BUT, they added that in the new app with the latest update. And, since I'm not playing the game with nostalgia goggles on, I'm still enjoying it. Even more so now. I understand wanting an option to play it as it was originally designed, which should take the least effort on their part... but I'm at least thankful that this new version doesn't bug me a bit. I'm just thankful that it'll still be around so I can someday share it with my son... if they put it on the PS4 like they did with FFIX.

only those who never played on SNES will never notice those things but for someone who adored the game since it first came out this is sad. I'd rather play this on emulator...

It's just another version of Chrono Trigger that I'll buy so some day Square Enix realizes how much money they could make and finally make a sequel to Chrono Cross

Chrono Trigger is my favorite game and, honestly, not only is this the first time I ever heard of a Steam port, but from what I see......I am not pleased. Squeenix......Why?

I don't know what drug addled haze this piece was written in, but I must have more.

167 graphic designers disliked this video.

Btw, the ds port is perfect, with very enjoyable side quests added in.

I like the sprites on the PC version, though it does have issues.

If we had decent ff5 and 6 ports on steam right now, I might have a shed of hope square would do anything to improve this one

I am myself a graphical lover (not a designer) and I love doing graphics, and I work in RPG Maker and I JUST HATE THAT IT BASICALLY FROM THE START DONT LET YOU CHANGE THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE WINDOW SCREEN (yo could see the half of the world because of the transparency) and when I make new ones, I'm like "kill me please" No really, this just AAAA

Damn they couldnt even get the title screen right...im sure thats where the problems end though so no worries 😂

Many staffs with heart on making games quitted from Square since they merge with Enix. I blame it all on FF spirits within movie!

wow dude, with that game play there is no way you will be found not guilty in the court room, scene, damn boy!

Did Tim Rogers die? I want to know.

this video? ~I LOVE IT~

.... Chrono Trigger Font... da e! Da e! OMG! THE e! Where is the little hole in the "e"?! [e TRIGGERED!!!] Seriously though, gotta fix that letter e, then everything will be dandy. (:

WHY WOULD THEY CHANGE THE LINE JURASSIC RHYTHM?!!

This kind of crap is why I refuse to buy games when they're new. I let all the other suckers find all the kinks and yell at the devs about them. Plenty of other non-mobile ports to play on Steam. I feel if they're going to intentionally give us a garbage version, we should go play an emulation of the original. Don't wanna give me the real version? I'll just go get it myself, then I'll be up a good game, and you'll be out the money I would have happily paid you if you hadn't been the very definition of half the problems in the AAA gaming industry!

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WIDESCREEN VIDEO GAMES WITH PIXEL ART FOREVER

what in god's name is wrong with the tiles, anyway? they're like... smoothed, but not into each other. you can see a weird optical illusion of a grid in there. it's nasty.

But you're still hungry.

A port of a port is no longer a video game. It merely a trace of a video game. It is a simulacrum of a video game.

Legit, Tim Rogers is the hero we need...

Is it just me? or does it seem like they actually used this as a reference for the update?

This was really well written and delivered. I'm incredibly sad about the poor quality of Square PC ports. These are the games I grew up with, and I can't experience them in an acceptable way except in their original formats.

Tim Rogers, please just make your own youtube channel. I'd subscribe, I'd put BIG money towards a patreon, buy Tim Rogers shirts, please. You're too good for Kotaku.

They so completely fucked up the graphics - it is horrible - it looks worse than just playing the original game. thank goodness there are emulators. The textures got a filter run over them without ever checking if there are border-errors. Like every single textures is fucked up to the point that if you delivered such textures back in the PS2 or earlier time you would get fired - and Never find a job in gaming again. it is just horrendous. At least the managed to allow you the use of the mouse - and still butchered that by not really adjusting it form mobile to PC usage.

A letdown. Snes looks better. They fucked up by adding graphic stuff... makes the game very blocky and the sprites are ugly as well. Sometimes it's better not to touch it unless you're going to make it true HD. This is very bad!

Square Enix has no idea what a shovel knight is.

The first thing you nitpicked, about the drums and the title, at first I had no idea what you were on about, but once I saw it, it's actually a little heartbreaking that, like you said, the very first important moment of the game is off.

It's almost weird to see a mainstream gaming site put in effort on content that is actually related to videogames these days. Good on you, Kotaku!

Isn't it a port of a port, of a port, of a port, of an SNES game? 1. SNES - The only version worth playing. 2. Playstation - Added the FMV anime cut scenes. 3. Nintendo DS - Added the crummy new dungeons and the new ending. 4. Mobile - Added the mobile UI crap. 5. Steam - Added the soul-crushing disappointment.

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Sounds like a desperate cry for a modder to me....

It was a mobile version port, because Squarenix is lazy. I'd gladly pay $60 for a direct to PC port of the DS version with SNES translation.

A long ass time ago my friend and I hooked up a NES to a 70" Mitsubishi plasma TV and played Metal Gear 1 on it. The pixels were fucking HUGE! And we loved it!! Seriously that day cemented my disgust of masks & filters that blur pixel art, I want my games to be sharp as a tack, not making me wonder if I need to clean my eyeballs.

That's what you get with a portport.

more like a GREATient

Why do companies port the mobile versions for fuck sake. Just cause it’s cheaper doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.

kotaku?? seriously they made this..well..You sir have talent! "this gradient is HOT"

What cat glitch? it has _always_ been like that in OG version as well as any other port, you're just missing a step. Not a glitch, rather a feature. Just because you read stuff on the internet doesn't mean it's true.

Funny! Subscribed

I can't tell if Tim Rogers is an angry human on downers or an angry robot on uppers.

It's a cash grab folks, come on now, they need more revenue to push out FF7 remake and other's and, you should see this other wise, guess what zsnes, Rom= SNES VERSION, FYI you are legaly able to use this if you own the game and an snes. feel free to use that info however you want.

Chrono Triggered

Well said. Tbh they could have emulated the SNES or PS1 version had no issues. I hope SE sort out this version but I doubt it. A wide-screen version would be amazing tbf. The games a masterpiece

These games where all about attention to detail. You take out all these little details and replace them with inferior cheap modern day crap. There's gonna be hell to pay. Chrono Trigger was a considered a masterpiece. How dare they treat it this way.

damn now this guy is my favorite guy

I commend the hard work Tim put into this. No wonder he's going to die not-hungry.

Feels weird to agree with Kotaku.

"No major app on your phone has a black background" ha ha god i wish Got me a good ol' Windows Phone

or u know, you could just go buy Chrono Trigger on PS1, or DS...........SNES version costs a fortune.

The great thing about Tim videos is that he can speak from life experience about design and development. Designers 100% do the, "Okay, but it will look bad..." thing. I like to joke that that's what got us the N64 controller. Am I joking, though?

its gotten better since this video.

Good video, good job Tim.

Tim - you're awesome. Small request : Can you make the videos louder? :)

I'm just thankful to be playing this on my 3DS, now that's an awesome version.

I love your videos. "Look at these huge honkin buttons" lol

*Oh, prehistoric rhythm ♪* *Jurassic ♪ rhythm ♪*

Quality weird fiction selection, Tim.

For me, they don't even have to make it widescreen. Just give me a direct port of the SNES or PS1 version with steam achievements.

The most charismatic man on Earth that gives a flying f about old games.

Being a graphic designer and creating things for clients who have no faith in our experience and would rather direct us in their own misguided direction is literally 95% of the job. It's difficult sneaking in the good stuff, but we definitely try. 🙃

OH my Gawd! How can 1 video be so insightful yet SO HILARIOUS at the SAME TIME?!?!? I don't know but you did it. You DID it. Subscribed!!!!

Square Enix...........just remake Chrono Trigger in the style of Octopath Traveler.

It's not horrifically hideous. But it's not good either. If you've never played the original you probably won't care. But fans of the original obviously aren't happy. Glad they are going to fix it now and make it optional if you actually like those smudgy graphics. I hear it's not a filter but an intentional design. It was lazy to just port the mobile version. And I've seen mobile games with classic pixel art that look way better than this. So I think it's really inexcusable. Many fans of classic games don't like the filtered look. Now I sometimes play with filters just for the difference. But only if I've already played the game and enjoyed the original graphics. I do use nearest neighbor if things are too pixelated. But I don't like the smudgy look. I went through some of Link's Awakening trying various filters. But I had already played the game so I wasn't missing out on the original graphics.

How do you become a "Professional Video game expert"?? ist that an Official Title or can anyone call himself "Professional Video game expert"? :) i actually like u video, it is a good critics on the game new release quality, but if you think they was lazy on Chrono Trigger, then look at Drakkhen or other Dos-game new releases, they actualy release the same old games on steam and conected them with Dosbox, the only difference is, that they now cost more as the did before :P