u/Leon_Light77

Chrono trigger, do I need to even explain? I been going on a jrpg marathon for a while now. Wanted to play games I never finished the first time through. An example would be xenosaga trilogy. Is there a good reason to why I never did finish them? Nope! For some reason I can’t explain why I never finished them. Now, to end my marathon of unfinished jrpgs, I wanted to go out with a bang by playing chrono trigger. Ngl, I am very exciting to play this game. To experience it fully this time. After playing so many jrpgs, makes me wonder how this game will stack up for me. Will I like it? Will I hate it? Or maybe I think it’s ok? Won’t know, but that’s the fun part of going into a game pretty much blind. Sounds fun to me. So, wish me luck.

I like a lot of Jrpgs on the ps1. From your classics like wild arms all the way to parasite eve. Enjoy them quite a bit. Though, my favorites always were and still are the final fantasy titles. They were my first jrpgs ever for the system. So, I have a nostalgia bias to them. There was a time i wanted to get out of my comfort zone with jrpgs that weren’t final fantasy. Ended up trying a good amount of classics especially for the ps1. The one that stood out to me is legend of dragoon.

I’ll be brief with this, because I could be here for hours about why I adore legend of dragoon. Here are the cliff notes of why I love this game.

Love the combat system. Having a turn base jrpg be about timing was so cool to me. Hit at the right moment to get good damage as well as some cheesy lines like BURNING RUSH! HARPOON! VOLCANO! Was just the cherry on top. I adored the dragoon transformations. As someone who grew up with power rangers, I just loved it. Simple as that. I like the lore of this game. I never cared for lore as much, but legend of dragoon hit different. It’s why I always wanted a prequel to this game. The story about dart’s father and rose. Last thing for me is I enjoy the music. The pause music still lives rent free in my head.

God I love this game and I can go on. It’s one of the rare few jrpgs I will go back to for how much fun I have with it each time. Can’t get enough. Pray one day it gets a remake or a prequel. That’s the dream.

Im going to be upfront, I couldn’t beat any snes as a kid. Not even nes games. They were just too hard for me. Guess that’s why I gravitate to the PlayStation 1 due to the games being easier for me. So, I never ended up beating any of them. Even then, there was still one game I always enjoyed which was super Mario world. Loved it even when I couldn’t beat it.

Years go by and I saw that the snes classic was going to be a thing. I remember how difficult it was to get the nes classic back then. Couldn’t find it anywhere! So, I pre ordered the console to finally beat some snes games. One of which was super Mario world. Got the console when the package came to my house. Hooked it up to the tv. I won’t lie felt like a kid again playing super Mario world. Making me smile ear to ear hearing the music. Ended up playing it all weekend and ended up beating the game. Seeing those credits especially the music, it really made me shed a tear. Like damn, I finally did it. Beating a game you couldn’t as a kid is just a wonderful feeling.

So, what was a snes game that you couldn’t beat for a while until you did? Curious what games everyone else finished.

With game prices getting high as well as consoles, I been going through my backlog for games more and more these days. Got to play some amazing games like medievil and finally beat ducktales on nes. I know that felt good to finally do that. Anyways, I been trying all kinds of retro titles for my backlog. One I recently got into and I been loving is the wonder boy/monster world games.

These games have been fun metroidvania like games. Love the way these games look and enjoy the gameplay. I am no stranger to these games. My first exposure to the series was with Johnny from happy console gamer. He kept talking about them and I thought they were cute games. Never thought I try them out, but I did when I got to play wonder boy the dragon’s trap. This game was just amazing! Loved the old school feel to it. Able to switch between creatures with their own movement style was cool. Also liked that the game was short and sweet. Then I ended up playing more of the series. The remake for dragon’s trap was amazing! The art is just so good!

I still like to try out the monster boy and the cursed kingdom soon. Looks like it combined all my favorites aspects of the series into one! What are some retro franchises you been getting lately? What’s your favorite entry so far? Love to read them in the comments.