If you could change Chrono Cross, how would you do it?

[Acacia Sgt]

One of my pet peeves is the naming system. You talk to Poshul and it tells you it's Poshul. Then, Poshul joins yer party and you can name her whatever within the six character limit. Same with a whole lot of other characters. Like Guile. He tells you his name is Guile, then you name him whatever. What I think would be cool is if they didn't tell you the name until after you got them or they were ungettable. Like after the Viper Manor thing, you can't get Guile to my knowledge. Then he can say he's Guile.

Or do it like CT: Naming screen just before the first time the name is said.

Although I think it would make it like FFVI: You name person, and you know he/she will definitely join your party, no matter how apart the two events are.

[Bohepans]

Although I think it would make it like FFVI: You name person, and you know he/she will definitely join your party, no matter how apart the two events are.

Like with Shadow? Heh.

[IAmSerge]

CC Imo was almost a perfect game, but ways to make it better:

1: remove the unnecessary characters, like Funguy, Turnip and Mojo.  a list of 10 to 15 characters would have been fine.
2: Harle would either: Not leave, or rejoin your party later, without use of the CC.
3: Guile would have been Magus, still.
4: Change the so-called "Good Ending".  I enjoy all of the other (serious) endings, including the bad one, more than that one.
5: Maybe a bit more backstory, and more in-depth explanation of the Rad Dreamers, rather than them just being some infamous "band of theives" that is mentioned once in the game.
6: More dual/triple techs.

I really never found any dual techs or triple techs on my own in the game

[Crono as Glenn]

More Trigger ppl...

[utunnels]

1: remove the unnecessary characters, like Funguy, Turnip and Mojo.  a list of 10 to 15 characters would have been fine.

Why do you guys bother those characters. Most of them are optional, you can just leave them alone if you don't want to recruit them.
For a game has new game+, collectable elements are necessary.

[V_Translanka]

It's not like people start off playing the game with a list in front of them stating who they should or should not recruit due to bad or little character development/personality. It shouldn't be the gamer's responsibility to get the characters that don't suck...especially when this problem persists for over half of said cast.

[IAmSerge]

The only reason I got those characters intentionally was so I could fill my character list.

[mav]

On a semi-related note, what is the fewest number of characters you can have? I mean, if so many possible characters is annoying and you can avoid getting a crapload of 'em on your next playthrough, why not just avoid them altogether?

[IAmSerge]

On a semi-related note, what is the fewest number of characters you can have? I mean, if so many possible characters is annoying and you can avoid getting a crapload of 'em on your next playthrough, why not just avoid them altogether?

thats an interesting thought....
its kinda like a reverse 100%, or a speedrun, or something like that.

But a more interesting way and better way to put it would be what is the fewest number of annoying characters you can get =D

[Dark Serge]

Funny thing about Chrono Cross is, it doesn't matter who you have in your party. At any point in the game, you can have whoever your want as party members. Ofcourse you still need to have Serge/Lynx, and you can only pick out of the characters you recruited, but besides that it's entirely up to you. You don't even need Kid. There is no point in the game where you need to have her in the party to be able to beat the game.

Ofcourse, to do all sidequests and whatever, you still need specific characters, but for just beating the game you can pick whoever the hell you want. Characters that are necessary in cutscenes will automatically pop up if they're not in your party.

Anyway, what I would change about Cross? Make Serge talk. And make him have an attitude. Yeah, f*ck you Leena, go get your damn scales yourself.

[CelestialPhantasm]

Funny thing about Chrono Cross is, it doesn't matter who you have in your party. At any point in the game, you can have whoever your want as party members. Ofcourse you still need to have Serge/Lynx, and you can only pick out of the characters you recruited, but besides that it's entirely up to you. You don't even need Kid. There is no point in the game where you need to have her in the party to be able to beat the game.

Ofcourse, to do all sidequests and whatever, you still need specific characters, but for just beating the game you can pick whoever the hell you want. Characters that are necessary in cutscenes will automatically pop up if they're not in your party.

Anyway, what I would change about Cross? Make Serge talk. And make him have an attitude. Yeah, f*ck you Leena, go get your damn scales yourself.

but then Dark Serge wouldn't be as interesting.

[V_Translanka]

Funny thing about Chrono Cross is, it doesn't matter who you have in your party. At any point in the game, you can have whoever your want as party members. Ofcourse you still need to have Serge/Lynx, and you can only pick out of the characters you recruited, but besides that it's entirely up to you.

Except for the time when you're Lynx where you can't have any of your previously recruited party members. I also found it impossible to recruit either Dario or the Sage of Marbule!

You don't even need Kid. There is no point in the game where you need to have her in the party to be able to beat the game.

I'm pretty sure she forces her way in your party during the infiltration of Viper Manor.

[Truthordeal]

I voted for other, as in, "How about some damn side quests?" And no, the 46 characters do not count.

[CelestialPhantasm]

The Marbule concert is a side quest, as well as the search for Dario and the background of him and Karsh... there are a lot of smaller events that expand on the background and development of the characters, many of which are necessary to power up said characters (such as the giving of the replica sword to Pierre)  There's so much in Chrono Cross that's optional... even the battle with the Criosphynx- although that's necessary to get the good ending.

[Truthordeal]

You've got Marbule, Dario, the Bend of Time and Criosphynx. The rest of them are related to getting one of the 46 characters or their level 7 techs.

The reason I don't include those is mainly because most of them entail getting the Another World and Home World versions to interact with each other, or going to X place of X world at X point in the game and interacting with X object there.

Ok, maybe it's not so much "side quests" as it is side dungeons or side bosses that I'm after. CT had plenty of them, and that's one of the things that made it as awesome as it was.