Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition

 PlayStation 4
User Score
4.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 42
  3. Negative: 23 out of 42

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  1. brearick82
    Apr 8, 2022
    6
    I guess I don't know how I feel about this game. Growing up, I loved it. It looked great on a CRT. Ran great on the ps1. Everything about this game was incredible.

    Fast forward to 2022 and the hype for me at least was very real. I downloaded it immediately, started it up and my first thought was "they couldn't have at least cleaned up the FMVs?". My excitement dwindled a little bit but    I guess I don't know how I feel about this game. Growing up, I loved it. It looked great on a CRT. Ran great on the ps1. Everything about this game was incredible.

    Fast forward to 2022 and the hype for me at least was very real. I downloaded it immediately, started it up and my first thought was "they couldn't have at least cleaned up the FMVs?". My excitement dwindled a little bit but carried on. I start playing it and it's going alright, liking it for the most part...then I noticed it...was there input lag? Why isn't it reading me pushing the x button to attack quicker? What's going on with this awful frame rate drop? My expectations of this game vanished. Do I still love the game? Yes. I'm playing on the ps5 so it's not like it's a 1st gen ps4 (even though it should run just fine on that too). But am I EXTREMELY disappointed that they couldn't at least clean up the FMVs and make sure the frame rate was steady and there was no input lag? Absolutely.

    Pros - Nostalgia, soundtrack, great jrpg, story line

    Cons - not cleaned up like I figured it would be, input lag like crazy, severe frame rate drops.    … Expand

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Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 37 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 37
  3. Negative: 3 out of 37
  1. PSX Brasil
    May 7, 2022
    70
    Here we enter a particularly difficult case to judge: is it worth playing Chrono Cross these days? Absolutely. Is this faulty port worth buying at its launch price? It depends. It's a shame the remaster turned out this way, but Chrono Cross is still a gem even after all these years.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    May 6, 2022
    75
    Chrono Cross has been and still remains one of the greatest JRPG titles of all time. As such, remastering it properly would require utmost care and love, making the game shine once more in the modern era of video games. Unfortunately, this remaster is of no such sort as some of the improvements made the game look even worse than the original. But as it still remains what it is at its core, Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers edition is undoubtedly worthy of your time.
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  3. PLAY
    May 3, 2022
    70
    An ambitious but often confusing game, further held back by an unsatisfying remaster serving neither old fans nor new adoptees adequately. [Issue#14, p.86]
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