[General Discussion] This port tastes terrible

Originally Posted by GoldfishX

Final Fantasy V and VI and Chrono Trigger for the PS1. Mangle the music from the originals, add insane load times and slowdown and you've got all the more reason to buy the originals or download the ROMs instead. Just the fact that Chrono Trigger was included in a package called "Final Fantasy Chronicles" should tell you how much thought went into these ports.

Um, Chrono Trigger's port was released alone in Japan. Square, I'm sure, didn't want to release it based on the Chrono Trigger name here when they could shove it into a Final Fantasy-themed release (You know, for Sales ++).

The only reason you guys have a problem with the damn port is because it has similar load times to EVERY OTHER PS1 RPG whenever you get into a battle. I didn't hear any music issues when I played it, and I actually played through the port quite a bit in my attempts to get more endings. And you've gotta admit those anime cutscenes are pretty hot.

And let's not forget that Final Fantasy IV in that collection was a retranslated version, that's much harder and more faithful to the original Japanese version. It also has fewer technical issues than Trigger, if you're more inclined to that.

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I didn't think the port of Crystalis was THAT bad.

Great game though. I'm really thinking of digging out the old NES and playing Crystalis and Faxanadu now (Or grabbing some ROMs real fast, since I don't even know if the damn NES still works.)

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