That's the power of a well crafted videogame design and masterful pacing in the storytelling. With optional characters to control and choices to be made with each and every one the gamer in many ways felt like a narrator or director of the story themselves, with so much depth and choice you were immediately drawn into a massively complex game world and it was impossible to let go until you knew the outcome.
It told a story of a group of friends/allies that jumped through time in order to save a world fallen under a prophecy come true. Released initially on the Super Famicom / Super Nintendo in Japan and North America in 1995 (yes Europe once again missed out) this massive game on a 32-meg cart was both a labour of love and in every single possible way an instant classic, nothing else at the time looked as good, played as well or had more of an impact on gamers hearts and minds. The lead producers from three massive franchises, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Dragon Ball was a clear signal of intent by 'Squaresoft' to create a 'moment' of genuine industry changing and defining storytelling and it worked! Starting out as the product of a 'Dream Team' of game designers and producers this was always destined to be something by which other titles in the genre would be measured. With that in mind it took about 3 seconds to decide which one should be selected, a game that is truly a product of great minds, a great story and released on great consoles. For the month of October 2015 we decided to focus attention on the RPG genre and to select one from the Golden Era of gaming. Created as a prequel to the infamous Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross, Chrono Source introduces more of a back story leading up to the events of Trigger, with hints of the Cross universe.Like good wine some videogames get better with the passing of time, when one such example is actually based around the concept of actual time itself this makes for something truly special.
Before the rise of Lavos, a planet devouring creature of immense power, the Frozen Flame gave magical power to its first contact. She meets up with some familiar characters, and some new faces, across time to help conquer a new evil. After Schala's pendant, gifted to her by the guru of life, reacts with this mysterious new energy, she finds herself travelling through time and taking things into her own hands to right the wrongs. A mysterious energy source beneath the earth is discovered and harvesting begins. Facing an impending Ice Age with their power source, the Sun Stone, dwindling away, they are left to find an alternate power source. Beginning in the dark ages of the Kingdom of Zeal, Princess Schala is thrust into the politics of her royal family.
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