Hello friends,
I am happy to present Enhansa Edition, a mod of Chrono Trigger that I've been working on for over a year now.
Follow this link to download it!
Enhansa Edition aims to improve Chrono Trigger's battle system to make combat more fun. The inspiration for the mod was, "What if Hypno Wave was actually useful?" and from there it spiraled out of control to rewriting enemy AI, redesigning items and equipment, modifying Techs, and more. My goal was to give the player more choices about how to grow and gear your characters and to have those choices be felt in battle.
In addition to an overhaul of many of the battle mechanics, character advancement through the Tabs has been reworked. Instead of Power, Magic, and Speed Tabs, a new NPC at the End of Time will offer stat upgrades to all characters in exchange for Soda Tabs (which have replaced the old Tabs one-for-one).
If you're looking for a vanilla Chrono Trigger experience with an all-new feel to the combat, this is the mod for you. This is not a "difficulty hack". That is to say, the game has not been made frustratingly difficult on purpose. Let me be clear that the mod is more difficult than vanilla Chrono Trigger; it was a game originally designed for children, after all. In redesigning the battle mechanics, my interest is in increasing the number of options that the player has to consider. One major way this is achieved is through status effects in battle. Full functionality has been restored to many status effects that go largely ignored in vanilla Chrono Trigger.
Improving on Chrono Trigger is a daunting task. The original game gets so many things right. I have endeavoured to keep the quick pace of combat from the original while still presenting challenges for the player to overcome. Thank you for your interest and I hope to have you playing Enhansa Edition very soon!
