“Wake up, Crono!” You are Crono, a teenage boy who doesn’t talk much, but loves to mess with the space-time continuum. The story pans out as follows. (Short version of course!) You Crono, go to said festival. Bump into a princess, then proceed to watch her get portaled by your inventor friends newest telepod. You then portal yourself back in time, save the princess, come back. Get put on trial, thrown in jail, break out. Then, you portal yourself all over time, meeting a frog, robot and prehistoric chick. You have a vendetta against a caped man, who then somehow ends up in your party if you allow it. All this while a huge shelled thing resides in the depths of the earth, waiting to bring on the apocalypse.
The gameplay is basic for a turn based RPG that is 15 years old. But its beauty is in this simplicity. There is no eon systems, no materia systems, no costume garbage to deal with. Its straight forward, each of the characters have an element they command: Lightning, Water, Fire, and Shadow. They can use single attacks, double attacks and if available triple attacks. These abilities are called “Techs.” They are easy to manage, understand and execute through the game. Battles are entered by running into enemies on-screen or tripping a battle “switch” by walking on a certain piece of the map. In this game its fun to enter battles because paired with this beautiful battle system and the epic battle soundtrack, you do not want to skip a battle. It does not feel like a chore to go and kill some Naga-ettes or some Mutants.
The Soundtrack is one of the best in video game history! Some of the greatest pieces of VGM has come from this game, Schala’s Theme, Corridors of Time, Singing Mountain, etc. All Superb. The music meshes so well with this story, it is a perfect game. Even after 15 years this game outclasses some if not most modern-day RPGs. You actually play this game, you are not playing an interactive cut scene with a confusing system of play and a tacky story. With Chrono Trigger you get involved in it, you read every piece of text, you go out of your way to complete all the side-quests, because that is how good this game is. This game only gets better with time. Which is why truly I among many consider it the greatest RPG ever made. It’s the total package of Story, ambience, and gameplay mechanics.
I have no hesitation in giving this a
AOS Rated: 5 out of 5 
If you own a DS, go out and buy this game, if you have not already. Track down a copy of the SNES version for the true experience. Even if you dislike RPGs, you should play it, because it’s a true RPG. Not some watered down, linear, lack of depth attempt at an RPG that is forced to you today.
