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Veckums wrote:

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There may be no single game moment with more impact than walking out from that canyon into the dark clouds of Chrono Trigger's 600.

Wandering around the world map in Chrono Trigger was quite an eerie experience. All of the fog surrounding you and the Wind Scene music that would play really added a realistic atmosphere to the game. Even though it didn't look real, it somehow felt real.

The silence of the level before it was essential. You just went through a portal to who knows where with no idea when or if the game would let you get back, and the atmosphere roars in like a train. I don't think I've ever gotten such a strong sense of being in danger and wondering what next (not through the game, but personalizing it) through any other media.

I dare say Chrono Cross has a similar feel when you first enter the region known as the Dead Sea. Up until then, you and your merry band of misfits have been gallivanting in and around two different time lines unraveling the mystery of Serge's death in one, and after you're ambushed by Lynx and having your body stolen, trying to find a way to change yourself back in the other. Eventually, all roads lead to the Dead Sea, and after dispelling the gatekeeper to the inner sanctum, you emerge to this:



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What is this place, where it's been said that no man has ever set foot in? Why does it appear that time has frozen in place as some great catastrophe was taking place? What is that building far off in the distance, and who built it? Meanwhile, the happy little tunes you've been hearing throughout the game up to this point is suddenly replaced by a very foreboding melody, looming over you like hands reaching out from the shadows, slowly gripping around your neck.

As you venture forth in and around mysterious ruins that appear to be from some unknown time, you come across a terminal. One of your party members gets the computer running, and you're greeted with this:





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The destruction of the world, caused by a creature that for all intents and purposes should no longer exist. The records of a world and time that ceased to be. As you arrive at the Tower of Geddon, an amalgamation of several structures, you come across wandering spirits, who lead you to a room that appears to be the central point of the time distortion. Through a vortex in that room you come upon a terrible sight:





As someone who played and beat Chrono Trigger inside and out like it owed me money, seeing Nadia's Bell in ruins was (is!) incredibly heart-wrenching. Up until that point, Chrono Cross played very conservatively about referencing the events of Trigger, choosing instead to concentrate on the current narrative... only occasionally teasing a connection between the two games. But here in the Dead Sea, the past meets the present, and the future that was supposed to be changed for the better rears its ugly head.

And it is here, that the three wandering spirits, who look like kid versions of Crono, Marle and Lucca, speak cryptically to you about the world coming to an end because of Serge. And then Crono calls you a murderer.





And then you're forced into the most depressing boss battle ever. :(

John Taylor wrote:

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Yes. Is that in HD or better resolution or something? Because that looks so crisp.

It's a screenshot of the game being played on the PCSX2 emulator, running on a high-end PC. I've been using it as a wallpaper.