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As far as I'm aware, Obsidian are a competent developer. It's Sega that messed up AP. It ran way over budget, and towards the end of development a lot of the Obsidian AP team had switched over to work on New Vegas. Squeenix have a much better track record of pulling the publishing strings, so hopefully this should be pretty damn good if it all works out.
Wait, what? Gas Powered Games (creators of Dungeon Siege 1 & 2) aren't making 3???
Anyway, on topic, Unless we're talking a exact HD port, Obsidian isn't good enough for Chrono Trigger. In fact, I don't think there's a company that currently exists that is good enough for chrono trigger (again, unless it's a DIRECT port).
Anyway, on topic, Unless we're talking a exact HD port, Obsidian isn't good enough for Chrono Trigger. In fact, I don't think there's a company that currently exists that is good enough for chrono trigger (again, unless it's a DIRECT port).
While I can't say that I enjoyed Chrono Trigger, I really respect the game as a classic, and like all great classics, it really should be left alone.
I mean, remakes can be good and all (Pokemon SoulSilver for the win), sometimes you just gotta leave the games alone
I mean, remakes can be good and all (Pokemon SoulSilver for the win), sometimes you just gotta leave the games alone
You do realize Obaidian has made good games in the past, right? T
Though really, I don't really think Chrono Trigger needs a sequel or needs to be remade. DS version's good enough for me. At the very least risk a 3D remake on a company that can bring the look of the game to life - which would be Level 5 and not many others.
Though really, I don't really think Chrono Trigger needs a sequel or needs to be remade. DS version's good enough for me. At the very least risk a 3D remake on a company that can bring the look of the game to life - which would be Level 5 and not many others.
No company of today can make a remake or sequel to Chrono Trigger. Well, that is, if they don't do it in 2d on 3ds or something. Too much work in 3d
As for Obsidian, they can't make any games without problems. They should find good artists and better programmers. It usually seems that the whole company is built on great writers
As for Obsidian, they can't make any games without problems. They should find good artists and better programmers. It usually seems that the whole company is built on great writers
The only company that should be making Chrono Trigger is Level 5, end of story, end thread, game over, get to work Level 5.
Also, Obsidian... LOL thanks for the laugh.
Also, Obsidian... LOL thanks for the laugh.
Yay! Then we can have a new Chrono Trigger that is amazing, even though it crashes every ten minutes, probably has a crappy second half, and had the ending cut off. It, like every other game they have ever done, it will be the publishers fault.
I always feel enthusiastic when reading the title C.h.r.o.n.o. T.r.i.g.g.e.r. and I'm curious about everything new but I don't really know if I want another game - neither a retro remake nor a 3D crap :( No matter if it's Obsidian or not. It just sounds as stupid as a Final Fantasy anything-before-x-remake to me.
HELL NO! Chrono Trigger was made by the fucking dream team, not a company with decent writing but failed execution in nearly every single RPG they've made in the last 10 years. Hell no.
I think Chrono Trigger should be left alone, but I would like to see what a western developer would do with a JRPG. I would also like to see a Japanese dev try an FPS.
Im with the previous "Just step the fuck off" comment. The fond memories of this game were renewed with the DS release and thats all I or anyone else needs. Just keep it in the same realm as an FF7 remake. Always talked about but never done
@Bigmoose85: "So instead of having another game in the Chrono series you want to be selfish and say no?"
You're the kind of person that made the Aliens Versus Predator movies happen. It has absolutely nothing to do with Japan, or weeboo bullshit. It has to do with quality versus failure.
You're the kind of person that made the Aliens Versus Predator movies happen. It has absolutely nothing to do with Japan, or weeboo bullshit. It has to do with quality versus failure.
Most people would hate any western developer mettling with a classic JRPG.
I've read that Chris Avellone is a big fan of Chrono, and since he isn't leading the work on Fallout or Dungeon Siege, I can see how it would appeal to him, but if this comes to be, it would be like an American remake of a classic foreign film. Even A Fistful of Dollars wasn't as good as Yojimbo.
It was still really good though...
Hopefully this soundbyte was intended to get people thinking about collabs like the one Obsidian has with Square-Enix now, and not to suggest an actual project.
I've read that Chris Avellone is a big fan of Chrono, and since he isn't leading the work on Fallout or Dungeon Siege, I can see how it would appeal to him, but if this comes to be, it would be like an American remake of a classic foreign film. Even A Fistful of Dollars wasn't as good as Yojimbo.
It was still really good though...
Hopefully this soundbyte was intended to get people thinking about collabs like the one Obsidian has with Square-Enix now, and not to suggest an actual project.
I don't understand why everybody seems so willing to do business with Obsidian. Their track record isn't that great.
@Bigmoose85- I played Chrono Trigger for the first time on DS last year and it's one of my favourite games ever, it has nothing to do with nostalgia.
@ Bigmoose85
Shut the fuck up. Nobody gives a shit that you posted this on your stupid crap blog or that you think Obsidian should troll gamers. Shut the fuck up.
Shut the fuck up. Nobody gives a shit that you posted this on your stupid crap blog or that you think Obsidian should troll gamers. Shut the fuck up.
If they want to try it why not? If the collaboration ends up successful then that's great we get an awesome new game to play. If it ends in failure then oh well, we always have the original Chrono Trigger. It's not as if they made a new Chrono Trigger and the old one suddenly blinks out of existence.
I'm sorry but Obsidian isn't worthy of the game. They are not worth to hold Chrono Trigger's massive nuts while it's taking a piss. In fact they are not even worthy to hold the piss in their mouths.
@Bigmoose85 What about Shadowrun, you see how huge of a failure that was? A rpg turned into some cookie cutter of a shooter. I'm sorry but when you have a title this fucking huge, you should not give it to some mediocre studio, get over yourself. Your willing to sacrifice everything, including the name and brand of Chrono Trigger for life just to be able to play it again and here you are talking about everyone elses nostalgia? When they are willing to wait for a quality version while you just want the quick and easy version? I think you need to step back and take another look.
Do you idiots even know anything about Obsidian? It's the developers of the original Fallout games, NWN2, and KOTOR2. Alpha Protocol was probably the first mediocre game they've made.
What I would like is a sequel in the Chrono series, one where they take the story and script seriously, that is one department I think Japanese developers could really use some help, FF XIII scarred me forever in how nonsensical, ridiculous and clched it became by the end.
Obsidian has never made a great game...or even a GOOD game, as far as I know.
I went in for a developer interview at E3 with these guys about Dungeon Siege 3. They seem to know what they're doing, as the gameplay looks pretty fun and it's got some solid mechanics in there.
Still, this company's track record doesn't remotely approach one which should be allowed to handle Chrono Trigger, and I say that as someone who never played Chrono Trigger.
It would be like...like allowing M. Night Shamamlamama to direct, I don't know, a live action movie based on Avatar The Last Airbender and...
wait.
I went in for a developer interview at E3 with these guys about Dungeon Siege 3. They seem to know what they're doing, as the gameplay looks pretty fun and it's got some solid mechanics in there.
Still, this company's track record doesn't remotely approach one which should be allowed to handle Chrono Trigger, and I say that as someone who never played Chrono Trigger.
It would be like...like allowing M. Night Shamamlamama to direct, I don't know, a live action movie based on Avatar The Last Airbender and...
wait.
OBSIDIAN HAS NEVER MADE A GOOD VIDEO GAME EVER THE ONLY OBSIDIAN GAME I HAVE EVER HEARD OF WAS ALPHA PROTOCOL BUT STILL OBSIDIAN IS A WESTERN DEVELOPER SO THEY HAVE NEVER MADE A GOOD VIDEO GAME EVER
Hey, you know what? So long as someone who knows what a Chrono Trigger sequel should look like, plot-wise, I'm on board. What you people don't understand was the serious executive meddling that went into Alpha Protocol and KOTOR 2, and those black marks shouldn't be held against Obsidian.
Even so, think about how a collaboration between those two could work? Obsidian has always had good ideas, but not much funding. Whereas Square has all the money Obsidian would need to do this.
I'm totally on board.
Even so, think about how a collaboration between those two could work? Obsidian has always had good ideas, but not much funding. Whereas Square has all the money Obsidian would need to do this.
I'm totally on board.
Yeh, all those idiots who couldn't complete KOTOR2 because it bugged out and got you completely stuck or the fools who's character's were suddenly erased during loading screens in NWN2, what a bunch of dumbasses.
No. Just no. Obsidian cannot be allowed to befoul one of the most beloved games of the SNES era until they actually ship a game that isn't half baked and full of bugs. KotOR II and NWN2 were bug fests. KotOR II wasn't even finished, irregardless of Lucas Arts not letting them move the ship date.
I'm still scared they have their hands on Fallout, despite that they have a couple guys who worked on the originals. It doesn't matter. I don't question their dedication to the source material. I question their ability to design a game, and execute on the technical side while staying on time and on budget. They haven't done that yet. They had Bioware's tech for KotOR II and they still screwed that up.
I'm still scared they have their hands on Fallout, despite that they have a couple guys who worked on the originals. It doesn't matter. I don't question their dedication to the source material. I question their ability to design a game, and execute on the technical side while staying on time and on budget. They haven't done that yet. They had Bioware's tech for KotOR II and they still screwed that up.
I'd be fine with Obsidian (or any other developer) botching a brand new entry in the series, as long as it means we get more superb storytelling from Masato Kato, and another brilliant OST from Yasunori Mitsuda. The art direction of Chrono Cross was atrocious, but it was still a great game due to the work of Kato and Mitsuda. If the art direction AND gameplay of Chrono Brake were to be atrocious, Kato and Mitsuda would still carry the title to greatness.
@Bigmoose85 Theres been more than one Chrono Trigger game, guy. There was Chrono Cross and if you cound the remastered version of Chrono Trigger for PS it's only been 9 years. Less time than has been waited for Fallout 3. There just not in a rush and killing a brand name is far more dangerous than waiting for a perfect moment.
So again check yourself, foo, and stop being willing to sacrifice everything in order to get a fix. Your the only person here attacking anything in your way of getting the game like a spazed out fanboy who can't wait no matter how terrible or mediocre it is like a child and candy.
@bustaballs Some of the team from Fallout not the entire team, and we already said mediocre. So yes we know.
So again check yourself, foo, and stop being willing to sacrifice everything in order to get a fix. Your the only person here attacking anything in your way of getting the game like a spazed out fanboy who can't wait no matter how terrible or mediocre it is like a child and candy.
@bustaballs Some of the team from Fallout not the entire team, and we already said mediocre. So yes we know.
@IntuitionJo: SquareEnix makes better games than Obsidian internally on their own, far better. The idea is to find someone to collaborate with that isn't a gigantic step downward. Then I would be all for it. Chrono Trigger should be made by a dream team group of developers. Obsidian has never even been able to make an ending for their games, and Chrono Trigger had about 10 different endings. They are not the right group for this game, at all.
@John Romero: Which one holds up better today? Chrono Trigger or Fallout 1? Fallout looks like shit. You can still play Chrono Trigger today and it looks amazing.
It would be like Chron Trigger and Never Winter Nights 2 had a baby. That baby's name is Lavos. Everyone jin me in prayer that this unholy union does not happen.
Chrono Trigger was made by a dream team and should only be approached by a group of individuals recognized as a dream team, including Mitsuda.
It's quite funny to think people could cry nostalgia on a game that holds up better than any other game more than 5 years old.
It's quite funny to think people could cry nostalgia on a game that holds up better than any other game more than 5 years old.
Level-5 should be tapped to make the new Chrono Trigger/Chrono Cross. Imho they are one of the few devs that could do it. It HAS to be a Japanese house. Period.
God no! While they were good in the past, recently they've been a rushed filled glitch fest developer, riddled with zero QA. I hope someone stops them from staining one of the best series of all time.
Obsidian are far to good a developer to be wasted on Chrono Trigger, what we really need is Neverwinter Nights 3
A CT remake would be rad, but the amount of care and reverence required for such a project makes it an almost impossible scenario. Believe me, I'd love nothing more than an HD, orchestrated, voice-acted, real-time-cutscene filled CT experience, complete with the storyline branching and all. It would fill my heart with joy to see it take itself to an all-new level, a true remastering of a true masterwork.
But sadly, I doubt many developers are truly up to the task. It would require such a borderline religious fanaticism attention to the utmost of small, fine details. Everything would have to be no less than perfect, otherwise it risks not doing the original justice, which would probably result in the committing of the largest, most infamous slight against a videogame and its legions of fans. This may be possible, as theoretically, anything is. That doesn't mean it should be seriously attempted, unless both the developer tapped for the job is offered the full and patient backing of Square Enix in the pursuit of chasing not just greatness...but true perfection.
But sadly, I doubt many developers are truly up to the task. It would require such a borderline religious fanaticism attention to the utmost of small, fine details. Everything would have to be no less than perfect, otherwise it risks not doing the original justice, which would probably result in the committing of the largest, most infamous slight against a videogame and its legions of fans. This may be possible, as theoretically, anything is. That doesn't mean it should be seriously attempted, unless both the developer tapped for the job is offered the full and patient backing of Square Enix in the pursuit of chasing not just greatness...but true perfection.
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