I've recently been on an old school RPG kick and picked up Chrono Trigger which is a phenomenal game. Any other suggestions on similar games?
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Nothing is exactly like Chrono Trigger, it's in a league of its own as one of the best games of all time.
Final Fantasy 6 was released around the same time on SNES, and many people debate whether Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy 6 are better, because they're both great. 4, 5, and 6 are all really good. The Lufia series is also great.
From the same era but with much different gameplay is Terranigma, and there's also the Legend of Mana series.
More modern examples of games that want to invoke Chrono Trigger are Septerra Core and Anachronox. Both are PC games, but they're old enough that any reasonably modern PC can likely play them at full speed.
FF6 is such a great game. I saved up and bought both of these games as a kid, lots of late nights irrigating fields and killing rattlesnakes to get those titles. Both titles were great in their own way and I can't imagine my childhood without them. Another great game was Secret of Evermore.
There is a game coming out next month called Sea of Stars by the devs who made The Messenger. No idea how it will stack up against the greats but it's looking really good from what I've seen. It even has Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger composer) contributing some track.s.
Terranigma, Chrono Trigger, and Secret of Mana 2 are my favourite games.
I find the game play in Terranigma reminded me a bit of Zelda. I loved it.
I think Xenogears [same team] is absolutely in the same league and IMO a whole different bracket of excellence.
I played through disk 1 on a rental back in the day and it was amazing. I've heard that the ending is disappointing though.
Oh, I forgot Legend of Dragoon, that was a really cool game too.
The ending is absolutely mind blowing. The final FMV isn't the greatest but you've already got the ending by the time you fight the final boss.
I know there's all the controversy over disc 2 being rushed, but I never minded at all. It actually felt kinda refreshing after the way that most rpgs went at the time. It was all about seeing the characters change and grow over time that was really satisfying for me