I'd call this game impossible without the use of emulators (save states) and hacks. Which leads to the huge problem with Crimson Echoes: The difficulty. I hated those sections, especially when they were solo character sections. There are also sections that split up the characters. I did want to see how the main story resolved and fight the main villains of the game, but I felt I was doing a lot of pointless and boring quests. Towards the middle of the game, I often got very bored. There would be chapters that were very short and consisted of very little actual game play. While some story arcs were awesome, there were many story arcs that did not work well in a game. It makes the game seem like less of a Chrono Trigger adventure to me. I think that lots of things are best left up to the imagination (especially with 'magic'), but the Crimson Echoes team tried to explain everything in pretty great detail. I feel the wordiness interrupts the 'fun' feel of Chrono Trigger. The time travel mechanics are more thoroughly dissected / complicated. There are occasionally huge walls of text. In my opinion, Chrono Trigger is a fast paced adventure-y game and Crimson Echoes is generally not that. My problem with the story is that I didn't feel it meshed well with the gameplay. From what I could tell, the creators of the game cared very much about and showed a lot of respect towards the Chrono games. You may or may not like the writing (I think people get overly critical over fan works) and story or devices (there are nuclear missiles in the game at some point), but I thought it was fine. It does of good job of serving as a heavy handed bridge between Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross, providing answers for any lingering questions after playing Chrono Cross. This story is fanfiction, but it's well thought out fanfiction. The game balancing is horrible and only gets worse as the game goes on.Д¬haracter dialogue didn't bother me a bit and the Crimson Echoes teams rational behind their decisions makes a lot of sense. Things that I've generally seen complained about: Crono speaks. But the things Crimson Echoes does wrong made it almost unplayable. I nostalgia'd all over the place and enjoyed re-finding characters and seeing the updated world the Crimson Echoes team created. Good ol' Chrono Trigger engine is almost enough to make it unquestionably worth sinking the time into this game. Crimson Echoes is best described as high grade fanfiction + good ol' Chrono Trigger engine. The 'new content' it offers are some new enemies (and a new, well-made, big boss), lots of new (generally very well made) maps, some new techs/weapons/armor, and of course a brand new story. The battle engine is the same, feel of exploration is the same, the effects and music are the same. The gameplay of Crimson Echoes is the same as Chrono Trigger, which is great. The rest of this review are my thoughts of the game and should help you decide if you want to try it.

If you haven't played Chrono Trigger, don't even think about playing this. is this leak of Crimson Echoes worth playing? My opinion? Only if you really, really enjoy the Chrono Trigger game style and are willing to put up with a lot of pain for a chance at some new adventures. This blog entry is a review/discussion of that build.Д¬rimson Echoes is a very big game that can easily last 20 Hours. The 98% build can be played all the way through, my guess is that balancing issues and small touch-ups are the only 2% remaining. Until a year later, when a rom that built upon the 98% Crimson Echoes build was released. The only relics of the project were a youtube playthrough of the 98% completed game and some development notes. Right before Crimson Echoes was ready to be released (they say at 98% done), Square allegedly served them a Cease and Desist, so the Chrono Compendium removed as much Crimson Echoes related materials as they could from the internet and the game was never released. Occasionally, groups used those releases to work on their own versions completely independent of the Chrono Compendium, such as the team behind Frozen Echoes. Some alpha copies and demos were released into the wild. They worked very hard for years, despite many problems during development.

They would also further develop romhacking tools targeting Chrono Trigger.

The goal was to make a fun game that was true to both Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross. Basically, ZeaLity of the Chrono Compendium organized a project to create a fan based sequel to Chrono Trigger. There's a lot of middle-school drama surrounding the game, so I'll try to be unbiased in my explanation. Its background is important to understanding what it is. Crimson Echoes is a Chrono Trigger fan game.

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