/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8948837
Chrono Trigger is overrated but it's also fairly good, and there's a lot about it that's unique.
The reason it's popular is because it's not very long, it's not very hard, it has an amazing soundtrack, and doesn't have any obvious flaws. It's easily digestible and a great first RPG.
Now, none of that makes it a classic. But just because people like it for the wrong reasons doesn't mean it's a bad game.
What makes it great are the amazing moments it has, some of which are among the coolest moments in all of video games. I'll spoilertag these on the off chance someone in the thread hasn't played or finished the game yet.
When you find out in the courtroom scene that everything you did at the beginning of the game was being tracked, the first time you go to the future and find out about Lavos and how fucked up the planet is, when you first get sent to Antiquity, when you get the Epoch, when you have to leave Robo behind and when Chrono dies, when you watch Lucca's mom being mutilated and either figure out how to save her or live with the guilt of having crippled her a second time, and when The Black Omen appears in every era of history... those are just my personal favorites.
I also love how creepy the game mechanic of the treasure chests that appear in multiple eras of history and can be opened more than once through time travel but with unclear consequences is.

So yeah, it is overrated, but I don't think that in any way makes it bad. Don't sleep on a good game just because people like it for bad reasons.