If you could take over a game company...

[BitVyper]

I wouldn't mind a game specifically centred on Magus' quest to find Schala. Ignore all Chrono Cross continuity and just follow his story. That could be good. Not if it was done by current Square, mind, but if you got the original team back together...

[Solid Snake]

You know what'd be a great Chrono Cross reimagining?

Keep Chrono Cross exactly the way it is for the first eight or so hours. You know, just long enough for the storyline to kick into gear and for every gamer to realize that this piece of crap sucks compared to Trigger and is an absolute travesty of a sequel and would probably maim everything CT once stood for.

...Then, at random, in the middle of a cutscene before an epic battle, have Magus show up.

And have Magus kill everyone.
The end.

(...I'd love it.)

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

You know what'd be a great Chrono Cross reimagining?

Keep Chrono Cross exactly the way it is for the first eight or so hours. You know, just long enough for the storyline to kick into gear and for every gamer to realize that this piece of crap sucks compared to Trigger and is an absolute travesty of a sequel and would probably maim everything CT once stood for.

...Then, at random, in the middle of a cutscene before an epic battle, have Magus show up.

And have Magus kill everyone.
The end.

(...I'd love it.)

Goddammit I want to rep you so hard.

[01d55]

Originally Posted by Solid Snake

...Then, at random, in the middle of a cutscene before an epic battle, have Magus show up.

And have Magus kill everyone.
The end.

(...I'd love it.)

I liked that post better the first time you made it.

(Okay no that's a huge lie)

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by 01d55

I liked that post better the first time you made it.

(Okay no that's a huge lie)

I've made that post before?
I'm always mind-boggled by the fact that others here seem to have better memories regarding my posting history than I do. I think I remember all of, maybe, five percent of my total posting content.

Unless you're referencing that one time I went on a Magus fangasm that delved into inappropriate, immature material and resulted in me rightfully getting my ass handed to me. Why is it that everyone remembers my worst NPF moments, but not my moments of comparative intelligence, compassion or clarity? Am I that throughly unlikable? =)

Also, Blues: If there's one way to completely eradicate any possibility of hard feelings between us it involves mentioning that Red XIII was awesome and he was the best character in FFVII and Square-Enix needs to start making more characters like him.

I mean that opinion there is just perfect.
(Although your strong lobbying for Red XIII, one of my favorite characters, makes me even more suspicious that you're just trying to impress me because you're still looking for that intercourse. That's what this is all about, isn't it?)

[BitVyper]

Eh, Cross wasn't that bad.

Also a game focused on Lucca doing mad science would have the potential to be fantastic. The PC could maybe be some little robot she made or something.

I would actually listen to the fans of the series.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Solid Snake]

Originally Posted by BitVyper

Eh, Cross wasn't that bad.

The music was amazing, I'll give you that much.
I feel bad for Yasunori Mitsuda though. So much stellar effort invested into a soundtrack for a game that defecated over the legacy of the previous amazing soundtrack he worked on.

I'd say the only work of Mitsuda's that emerged unscathed was Xenogears, but then Disc 2 happened.

In all sincerity though, as I've said before, as a stonealone game and if it had no correlation whatsoever to Chrono Trigger and if it did not pretend to be Chrono Trigger's sequel, Chrono Cross could have been fine. An average JRPG with woefully underdeveloped characters and an at-times ludicrous storyline but a decent battle system and great music. Instead, they chose to maim Chrono Trigger. I do not forgive Squaresoft that egregious offense.

[Wigmund]

Don't know who'd I take over to accomplish this:
But I'd have the company I conquer get hold of the Toady One and hold him hostage with all the resources and assistance I could muster and make him complete Dwarf Fortress with everything he desires and with gorgeous graphics and an easy-to-understand interface.

[Loyal]

Originally Posted by Wigmund

Don't know who'd I take over to accomplish this:
But I'd have the company I conquer get hold of the Toady One and hold him hostage with all the resources and assistance I could muster and make him complete Dwarf Fortress with everything he desires and with gorgeous graphics and an easy-to-understand interface.

For what it's worth.

Anyway. I'd get Nintendo to take Rare back. Or get Rare to go back to Nintendo. Whichever is more relevant.

[Wigmund]

Originally Posted by Loyal

For what it's worth.

:p
We're living in a world of fantastical imaginary situations, don't ruin my one happy thought.

If I wanted to do something more realistic, it'd be the mentioned-before "Take over Valve and flog them so they finish Half-Life 2: Episode 3 and then have them start on Half-Life 3."