At the time of it’s release it was lauded as revolutionary the multiple endings specifically drew a lot of attention. Chrono Trigger: This game is just gold from start to finish. Yeah, it looks like ass next to RPGs of today, but as a kid, I thought about Nei’s death for days afterwards.Ģ. It was also the first RPG I ever played that chose a futuristic setting instead of the traditional medieval setting. For those noobs who think FFVII did it first, I’m sorry to disappoint you. This was the first game I’ve ever played that had the balls to kill off an important character. Phantasy Star 2: The opening credits still make me kinda tingly. This thoughtful article from Gamasutra got me thinking about the games that made the biggest impact on me and why.ġ. Yeah, that dorky little kid was me, and without emotionally rich games, I wouldn’t have had the rich experiences that made me fall in love with games in the first place. She’s the loner type and doesn’t have friends, so while other children enjoy the throes of popularity, puppy love and underage drug abuse, her after school days thereafter are spent exploring Paseo and forgetting the real world existed at all. She’s sitting in front of the television playing Phantasy Star 2 for the first time, totally fascinated and absorbed by the characters she’s just been introduced to. Visualize with me, if you will a girl of about 10: short for her age, long mousy brown hair, wearing a ridiculous sleeveless Tour de France shirt, uniform regulation gym shorts and lavender oversized glasses. Tonight I have for you a little known tale about the wretched bucket of experiences people fondly refer to as childhood.
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