Chrono Cross
RPGs That Deserve the Zodiac Age Treatment
Chrono Cross, along with Chrono Trigger, is one of the most beloved JRPGs of all time, and for good reason. The story of Chrono Cross focuses on a young boy named Serge who inadvertently discovers a parallel world that sees him killed as a child. He sets out to discover the truth of these parallel worlds and what their links mean. The game uses standard turn based combat with a few twists, like an element system and stamina system that dictates the moves you can make. While Chrono Cross received nearly universal acclaim at launch, like many other PS1 RPGs, it hasn’t aged entirely well. It’s certainly still playable, but an update would work wonders for the game.
Simply providing Chrono Cross with a shiny new coat of paint would work wonders, but you could also make some modern improvements to the battle system to make things more engaging, upping the speed and adding maybe some more layers of strategy in. Even better would be hearing the game’s soundtrack completely re-orchestrated.
