If you could take over a game company...

[Mirai Gen]

Chrono Cross was a Chrono Trigger sequel? Huh. I didn't know that. I guess the name kind of gave it away, thinking about it now.

[Meister]

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

Also I want to put in options where you don't have to solve all problems with huge amounts of violence.

Holy Christ a thousand times this. "Oh no, he's dead! I promised myself I wouldn't kill people here! Oh well whatever, now that I've started I might as well murder everyone in the world."

Also: whichever company gets the license to make a D&D 4E game, you guys are mine and combat will be turn-based.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Meister

Holy Christ a thousand times this.

That would be nice, but I'd probably end up picking the violent options over half the time anyway, just 'cause fuck talking.

I mean, Mass Effect pretty much proved that one to me. "You can either talk to this obnoxious reporter or punch her in the stupid fucking mouth."

Yup. I'm punchin' a bitch in the mouth.

[Mirai Gen]

Kinda related note: I found it especially hilarious in Mass Effect when I maximized my Persuasion skill, and when I got to the final boss Sarrik I skipped by his first form completely by convincing him to kill himself. I told my friend about it and he didn't believe me. These are the kind of non-combat options I totally love.

EDIT: Krylo and I quote Mass Effect for differing reasons. Huh. Odd coincidence.

[bluestarultor]

I'm just going to finish up my portion of the Chrono conversation by making sure what I mean is clear, because it seems people got confused somewhere.

1. Leave CTDS as it is, make it canon.
2. Fix up and flesh out CC, making minor changes for consistency and dignity, adding in more team techs, but otherwise leaving it alone.
3. Make Chrono Break a retcon for CC, wherein Serge systematically goes and rescues the cast of CT from their terrible fates, only taking along a select few of CC's cast, likely with a focus on people not accounted for in CC (Kid, Guile/Magus (in a big reveal where he casts off his persona), Luccia, maybe Lynx under the initial pretense of agreeing to help him achieve his goal and then fostering a relationship between him and Serge as FATE's control loosens and he regains his memories and slowly realizes what he's lost until his eventual redemption. maybe. then you have Starky, Pierre, Razzly, Greco, Grobyc, Irenes, Janice, Leah, Sneff, possibly even Dario, as there's one of him unaccounted for, and, heck, Orlha AND Tia, since one of each is accounted for in the two worlds (Sisterhoods could become a dual tech). probably not all of them, obviously, but you have your pick), then, I dunno, win the Guardia war or something. It means you get to kick Dalton's arse to the moons.

Really, I don't see a problem with mixing the two casts, given the connections between them as it is. Kid and probably Luccia would be happy to see Lucca again, at the bare minimum, and having it be voiced would remove at least some of the Luccia-Lucca confusion. Also, it would help give an opportunity to clear up the Ayla-Leah confusion if Leah got in, and at the very least would make for some pretty sensible team techs between, say, Ayla-Leah, Robo-Grobyc, Lucca-Luccia and/or Kid, etc.

The only real roadblock I can find is the vastly different magical systems, but looking at it this way, if they're going to be time-traveling, anyway, Serge and team are going to end up at the End of Time sooner or later. Just do Serge = Heaven (there is no reason this should not be retranslated), Kid = Fire, etc. for the Cross cast, retain at least the spirit of their skill sets (or, you know, double up Serge and Crono's Luminaires for some REALLY kick-ass combo), and off you go.







Edit: Fuck. That turned out a LOT more in-depth and preachy than I initially intended. Got caught up in it. For that, I apologize, and to prove I'm actually going to shut up about it, I offer the following on-topic addition.


I'd totally get Square and make them add in a Red XIII-like character to FF13. Like, recall all copies, or add it in before overseas release, because
1. Red XIII is awesome
2. It's effing FF XIII, come on, here, guys
3. They are sorely lacking in certain elements, anyway. What kind of elemental roster is Fire, Ice, Lightning, Earth, Holy? I get that FILE has been there since FF1, but we've advanced a bit beyond that and H totally messes that up, anyway. As I see it, the best options would either be Wind or Water, and since Bahamut already has the flying thing going, I could see Leviathan making an appearance and, I dunno, curling up into a tank or gun-boat or something. Or, heck, Kjata. That's one that's sorely under-used and would ALSO probably make a good tank, plus would already fit into the system just by merit of Tetra-Disaster.

Edit: Crud. Forgot they used Kjata as a fal'Cie. Well, maybe name him Kujuta like the actual bull it's based on and just say, "ya-whoops!" Hell, if they can have two Cids in a game, why not?

[Mesden]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Now if you can drop the holier-than-thou attitude and actually consider that Chrono Trigger is a creation of flawed, squishy humans, and that flawed, squishy humans might actually be able to produce something that can compare and even FIX things you don't like, I think we can get back to intelligent intercourse.

ahahaha Snake's avatar makes this so much better.

[Kim]

I'd take Konami, remake Castlevania SotN in HD, but leave the terrible dialogue and voice acting the same. Then, I'd change the ending so when Alucard goes to confront Dracula, they instead have a tearful father son reunion, and then it cuts to a montage of them bonding. Fishing together... Dracula hanging Alucard's crappy crayon drawn picture of him on the fridge... Dracula pushing Alucard on the swings...

I'm pretty sure it'd be the best thing ever.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

I'd totally get Square and make them add in a Red XIII-like character to FF13. Like, recall all copies, or add it in before overseas release, because
1. Red XIII is awesome
2. It's effing FF XIII, come on, here, guys
3. They are sorely lacking in certain elements, anyway. What kind of elemental roster is Fire, Ice, Lightning, Earth, Holy? I get that FILE has been there since FF1, but we've advanced a bit beyond that and H totally messes that up, anyway. As I see it, the best options would either be Wind or Water, and since Bahamut already has the flying thing going, I could see Leviathan making an appearance and, I dunno, curling up into a tank or gun-boat or something. Or, heck, Kjata. That's one that's sorely under-used and would ALSO probably make a good tank, plus would already fit into the system just by merit of Tetra-Disaster.

I don't understand what is so good about Red XIII...? Isn't he just like a talking dog?

[shiney]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

I think we can get back to intelligent intercourse.

Any intercourse with you is inherently unintelligent. Oh snap!

But seriously dude. I think the word you are looking for is 'discourse'...

[Ryong]

You guys know I'm going to rant, right? Yeah, dang, it can't be avoided.

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

1. Leave CTDS as it is, make it canon.
2. Fix up and flesh out CC, making minor changes for consistency and dignity, adding in more team techs, but otherwise leaving it alone.

I'd totally do this but focus on the theory that every single ending in CTDS happened, creating multiple timelines/dimensions but there's only a single Lavos through them. Chrono Cross would take place in the timeline after CTDS' "bonus" ending and another one, and Lavos would be trying to fuse all timelines into the one that more easily allows him to kill everything, but this ends up causing certain problems to happen, as elements from one timeline overwrite other ones at random. Or maybe Lavos is systematically destroying each possible timeline instead, Iunno. Some things that should be made, though:
1) Kid is not Schala's clone.
2) Lynx turning into the FATE is weird. So's Harle's existence.
3) Make Guile actually be Magus.
On everyone from the CT cast, keep them as a party - at least Crono, Marle and Lucca, in case time travel doesn't work so well anymore - that's always ahead of your characters, but sometimes misses important things which your characters end up getting. You constantly meet up with them and maybe fight them once or twice, with them thinking you're evil or some such. Make it so the only reason they can't fight Lavos is that they already came in contact with it or some such. But center on them being incredibly awesome, it's a must. Have at least some sessions outside of El Nido, which force you to not use Elements, but you can use normal items. Oh, yeah, no more "consumable" elements, just make those into items and make Elements more random spells you can use but that depend on the allignment of the user - so you can only assign white elements to white element-characters and such - and give battles a rank system to see what items monsters drop, but you level like in CT. Also, you can see enemies coming and everyone just gets ready to fight when you touch something, a la CT. No moving during battles too, so you can have CT's targetting mode. Keep the stamina system though and flesh it out more, which ain't hard. Oh and keep CC's "you can run from EVERY BATTLE" deal.

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

I don't understand what is so good about Red XIII...? Isn't he just like a talking dog?

Dog?Wolf?Tiger?Coyote?