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Los Nido
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 Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:15 am
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Live a Live is one of the greats. Glad it's getting an official PC release.
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Blanchimont
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 12:01 pm
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Not heard of this before, but at a glance the description sounds quite similar to Saga Frontier(multiple protagonists, different stories)?
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RockSplash
Joined: 28 Oct 2019
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 12:28 pm
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| Blanchimont wrote: | | Not heard of this before, but at a glance the description sounds quite similar to Saga Frontier(multiple protagonists, different stories)? |
It actually precedes Saga by 4 years(frontier was 1998, Live A Live was 1994). It gained a cult following thanks to early SNES fan translations. It's quite a different rpg.
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Zoltan Kakler
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 1:08 pm
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| Blanchimont wrote: | | Not heard of this before, but at a glance the description sounds quite similar to Saga Frontier(multiple protagonists, different stories)? |
Technically it predates SF but yes, it's a very similar game.
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NieR
Joined: 29 Apr 2012
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Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:07 pm
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Hope it gets a physical PS4/PS5 release like the Switch version did.
An HD-2D remake of Chrono Trigger next would be awesome.
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Jindujun93
Joined: 25 Feb 2019
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:26 am
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| Zoltan Kakler wrote: |
| Blanchimont wrote: | | Not heard of this before, but at a glance the description sounds quite similar to Saga Frontier(multiple protagonists, different stories)? |
Technically it predates SF but yes, it's a very similar game. |
As far as I'm aware, the Saga Frontier devs even said once that Live A Live was a direct inspiration for that game. It kind of shows through with some of the storylines between the two games (Red's chapter in particular is kind of Saga Frontier's take on the Akira chapter). Live A Live is influential as hell in general though, given how the game was more or less the prototype for Chrono Trigger, too.
| NieR wrote: | | An HD-2D remake of Chrono Trigger next would be awesome. |
Honestly, at this point in time it feels like Chrono Trigger doesn't quite need one - it still holds up great. Now, an FF6 remake in that engine, boy would I be up for that...
(Also, Square Enix *really* just needs to give us another update on the HD-2D remake of Dragon Quest 3, now that I think about it - we never got anything after that announcement trailer.)
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MarshalBanana
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:01 am
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| Jindujun93 wrote: |
| NieR wrote: | | An HD-2D remake of Chrono Trigger next would be awesome. |
Honestly, at this point in time it feels like Chrono Trigger doesn't quite need one - it still holds up great. Now, an FF6 remake in that engine, boy would I be up for that... |
That's true, it makes great use of the SNES hardware and brings some great visuals. The original Live a Live looks rather bland, so getting a HD-2D remake was the right idea, but some of those 2D JRPGs from the 90s, especially the ones on PS1 and Saturn, look way better than the HD-2D games.
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NieR
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Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:36 am
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| MarshalBanana wrote: |
| Jindujun93 wrote: |
| NieR wrote: | | An HD-2D remake of Chrono Trigger next would be awesome. |
Honestly, at this point in time it feels like Chrono Trigger doesn't quite need one - it still holds up great. Now, an FF6 remake in that engine, boy would I be up for that... |
That's true, it makes great use of the SNES hardware and brings some great visuals. The original Live a Live looks rather bland, so getting a HD-2D remake was the right idea, but some of those 2D JRPGs from the 90s, especially the ones on PS1 and Saturn, look way better than the HD-2D games. |
Definitely agree that Chrono Trigger doesn't need a remake or upgrade, but it still would be fun to see Chrono Trigger get the Octopath Traveler/Live A Live treatment and play it again in a new way [especially on a physical cartridge/disc], on current gen consoles [Switch/PS4/PS5/XBox].
An HD-2D remake might actually be the only way Chrono Trigger could get a current gen release, besides a digital only Nintendo Online thing that will eventually shut down forever. Though I do own the original Chrono Trigger physically on PS1/DS, and both are among my most favorite video games in my collection, especially the DS version which is compatible/playable on 3DS and I think Analogue Pocket too.
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