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Polling / Re: 6/30/06 - What is Chrono Trigger's real flaw?

« on: June 27, 2006, 04:18:36 am »

I said that it's too short, as I never like games to end (especially Chrono Trigger since I loved it so much), but in reality I don't know if there are any major flaws.  If I had to choose one thing, I'd say that some of the characters could have been developed more (primarily Ayla and Robo, as others have said), which would likely come with a longer game.  That and I would have loved to have more quests/sideplots in the Dark Ages before Zeal was destroyed, simply because I absolutely loved the Kingdom of Zeal.

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Polling / 3/25/06 - What do you use the encyclopedia for?

« on: March 23, 2006, 10:11:08 pm »

I use it for a lot of things, but the main one is for the plot content.  I, unfortunately, have not had the chance to play Chrono Cross, so I find the encyclopaedia highly useful for understanding the series in general more fully.

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Polling / Toughest enemy in the game? (1st encounter)

« on: December 01, 2005, 03:35:31 am »

You...have...to...keep...1...alife???
I mean wtf? I never did that, i just pwnd everything i had to finish her of(took me bout 4-5 megaelixiers)...maybe because im to lazy to try a tactic or something...

Same, but I found that it's easier that way than if you leave any of the panels.  If you use a ton of super-powerful attacks, you can take her down before her attack gets powerful.  That's what I did.  Dark matter + shock + luminaire = dead mother brain super fast without the need for any HP or MP replenishing.

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Polling / Re: hardest enemy (1st time)

« on: November 28, 2005, 09:06:35 pm »

The hardest boss for me was Son of Sun. I lost to it about 4 times before I figured out that you have to hit a certain flame to injure it badly enough. I just wish I didn't waste all my healing items trying to survive it's fiery onslaught.

Welcome!  Wow, another new person in this thread!

I'd suggest (in the future) finding the black chest in 600AD with the red vest and leaving it, then going to 1000AD and taking the newly-upgraded red mail.  It makes whichever character is wearing it invulnerable to all except for one of his attacks.  Or at least I think he has one attack that's not fire, but I believe that it's a weak one, so that one member can easily take on Son of Sun alone.  That's what I found the most efficient method in dealing with him.
Another good way is to max out the magic defence of the three characters you're using before facing him (through items or levelling or whatever), and then he's really easy since his attacks do such a small amount of damage.

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Polling / Toughest enemy in the game? (1st encounter)

« on: November 28, 2005, 02:36:02 am »

The Mammon Machine doesn't have "bits," but I think it loses power during the course of the fight.

If I recall correctly, once you do enough damage to the Mammon Machine it says "the Mammon Machine stands still" or something to that effect, so I believe that's true.  I could be wrong though.

I too love how they get easier.

Although I agree and it's that part of CT that makes gameplay enjoyable and not an absolute snooze, what RPGs make the main boss stronger by beating the parts of it??? I mean, I know that there are bosses that have stronger parts after you've beaten sections of the boss. I think that at least a few of FFVI's bosses were just like CT...

I don't believe that he's saying it never turns out that bosses get easier in other RPGs, simply that it tends to not happen.  There will always be exceptions to every rule, even in Chrono Trigger.  For example, Lavos' first form gets "stronger" every time you beat one of its stages.  However, in general Chrono Trigger bosses get easier as you continue to fight them (or stay the same) as opposed to getting harder, which is the norm in most other RPGs.

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Polling / Toughest enemy in the game? (1st encounter)

« on: November 27, 2005, 08:50:59 pm »

Eh for me, it would have to be Giga Gaia. omg the first time i fought him i was like...kersplat. hehe ^ ^

Wow, I'm not the only one to make my first post in this thread!  Welcome!

I found that if you could survive the initial damage from Giga Gaia (when he uses the two dual hand attacks before you even get a chance to do anything), then you've survived the hardest part involving him.  That's just my experience though.

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Polling / Toughest enemy in the game? (1st encounter)

« on: November 24, 2005, 04:36:45 am »

Wow, a big welcoming reception, thanks everyone!

So...you would say thanks before he even said welcome  

Sort of, but I'd put that I had edited it to say that...  It's just one of my weird quirks I suppose.  I don't like to make a new post unless I have something useful to contribute normally, so I tend to edit if possible.

Are we counting Golem? Because that'd be nuts to think that people would legitamately beat it their first playthrough w/no fair warning what-so-ever...

Well, I don't know about others, but I'm quite paranoid about that stuff.  I'm always ready for surprise attacks.  In other words, I'm almost always fully healed and all.  That and my strategy at that point in the game involved Chrono, Marle, and Frog, so I had huge amounts of healing there.  Aura whirl, heal, etc.  So yeah, it is possible to legitimately beat him on your first run through with no warning, but it takes a certain degree of paranoia I suppose.

Oh yeah, Golem Boss totally ran on me first playthrough...but on my first New Game+ I was all over the bastard...You won't run on me ever again!!! BWAH HAHA!!!

Golem Boss runs?  I don't think I've ever had that happen to me.  Either that or I totally forget it maybe?  I don't know.

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Polling / Toughest enemy in the game? (1st encounter)

« on: November 22, 2005, 01:24:01 am »

Just wondering, why would you edit your first post?

I would have edited my first post so that I could just add a "thank you" instead of having to make an entirely new post for a few words.

Thanks to you too!

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Polling / Toughest enemy in the game? (1st encounter)

« on: November 21, 2005, 03:14:21 am »

Thanks!  I'd edit my post, but I don't see an edit button.  I hope that I'm not missing it?

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Polling / Toughest enemy in the game? (1st encounter)

« on: November 21, 2005, 01:14:55 am »

Hello all, long-time lurker (around a year), first-time poster.  What a fitting first post, on the first time you play the game!

There are a few bosses that stand out in my mind.
- The first battle with Magus actually didn't take me *too* long.  It was tricky, yes, but not that bad compared to others.
- Fighting Azala and Black Tyrano took a while because I thought that I was supposed to take out Black Tyrano before Azala.  Once I figured out that it's a lot easier to take out Azala first, it wasn't that bad.
- The boss under the desert in the optional quest was quite hard too.  He took a while.
-Son of Sun would have been hard, except one of my characters (Frog I believe) was wearing fire-absorbing armour, so I just let the other two perish while Frog took on Son of Sun alone.  Piece of Cake.
-Mother Brain...  By FAR the hardest the first time I tried.  Still is the hardest too (for me at least).  It's probably because my normal strategy is so destructive when fighting Mother Brain, as I tend to heal a bunch, which means that I wasn't doing damage to her fast enough.  The whole damage increasing every time took me a bit to get used to.
-Lavos form three wasn't exactly hard, but he took me a while.  You see, for some reason it took me forever to figure out that I needed to attack Lavos Core to beat him.  I don't know why it took me so long.  Regardless, that error just cost me a few ethers.

So, in conclusion, Mother Brain was by far the hardest for me the first time around, and still is.  Then again, I've never fought Magus the second time (as I always have him join me), so I can't say about that.