/vr/ - Retro Games

Well, the good news is that this place is only atrociously boring like the Zeal dungeon and not an outright abortion like Lab 64. (Boring, by the way, being the worst possible thing you can make Chrono Trigger.) The main rooms are a flooded/foggy Guardia Castle and the Sewer Access tileset. Monsters consist of Blob, the two types of Lavos bits now called Minion and Servant that previously accompanied the first form of Lavos (which is no longer a boss rush), and a Lavos Spawn at the end which plays the short version of Lavos's theme. Unlike Sewer Access, the monsters aren't particularly scaled to the level your characters would be if they decided to visit here first instead of Lab 16. Monsters also kind of stand around in place waiting for you to walk into them or a trigger point for the most part, and you can easily walk around a few in some corridors that were definitely intended to be mandatory. Other than that, lots of empty space and seems there's no treasure to pick up. Should have been constructed more with a more linear layout if there's nothing to the exploration besides opening a door. There's one computer monitor in a sewer area near the entrance that only says "Please enter password." but I didn't notice anything special so it looks either broken, to be revisited later, or something planned for a future update (yes I know there's a mistake in how it's sized in the image, ignore that). Your reward is a terribly-written fanfic dump at the end, and unlocking another door (which resets if you go to the menu). There's a small room with a Gate, to which Ayla and Frog say nothing and Magus display some pretty janky animation. Groovy.

Marle's line is particularly interesting because NO ONE CALLED THEM THE PLACE BUT THE MISLEADING LOCATION NAME, GEEZUS THIS WRITER'S AWFUL.