Unofficial Chrono Trigger Resurrection Impresses

Trinn writes "Planet GameCube has recently reported on a completely unofficial remake of the highly popular Square Enix RPG Chrono Trigger by an independent team, Resurrection Games [their official site is down, here's a mirror of some of the screenshots]. It certainly looks sharp so far. They're even redoing the audio. Their plans are to finish up by Christmas, at which time the PC version will be released for free to the public - 'console versions of the Chrono Trigger Resurrection demo will only be available to official developers with access to GameCube or Xbox development kits.'." Interestingly, this amateur project was formerly in development for the Nintendo 64, all the way back in 2000.

Comments

only 10 scenes

[Anonymous Coward]

according to the site, this isnt the entire game redone, just their 10 most favorite "scenes" programmed in wonderful graphics and audio glory

Re:only 10 scenes

[WOSSquee]

This was mentioned on http://www.planetgamecube.com/ before /. got a hold of it and killed the website, so I checked it out, and in the forums the developer stated that the demo IS the final version, there will not be a complete remake. He also said that he will not be showing it to SquareEnix, but hopefully an executive or someone there picks up these guys to do the whole thing, there's gotta be a ton of money in selling the full version of this.

Music

[Reorax]

Luis Martins and David Ying's graphical prowess are accompanied by a fully rearranged soundtrack! Be sure to check out the Chrono Trigger Resurrection media page for a sampling of Mathew Valente's fantastic musicianship.

The sample site is down, but all I have to say is that the new music better be really damn good if they're replacing Mitsuda.

Re:Music

[Afromelonhead]

The music was one of the great attractions for me. I'm not much of an RPG player (AKA I've completed maybe 4 at the most), but the music really drew me into the game. I don't even know where to start with my favorite tracks... there's so many of them! Then there were the wonderful SNES graphics. I look at them today, and I'm still amazed by their punch.

Re:There have been only 2 Chrono's

[Soul-Burn666]

Interesting you mention DBZ... The character designer for Chrono Trigger is none other than DBZ's Akira Toriyama.

SHIT YES

[Trejkaz]

Yeah, I'm hoping that Nintendo sit up and notice, and that instead of suing them, they employ the guys to clean it up for a real release.

Please no!

[Tom7]

This game was lovely in two dimensions. I'm all for upgrading the graphics and engine for modern hardware, but why make it 3D??

Re:Don't expect much.

[Trejkaz]

I rather hope they either employ them or buy the code off them, as it will not only benefit all the fans, but it would make more money than any lawsuit could ever muster. Of course a downside to it all is the resulting game would more than likely end up being restricted to one platform.

Capturing the charm

[MMaestro]

I say, good for them! Keep up the good work. But ask much as I say that, I can't accept it as anything more than a 'fan adaptation.'

As good as the graphics as, as accurately copied the text will probably be (four words : Chrno does not talk.), and as much as I will end up playing it (its free), the game won't be able to satisfy fans of the original game. Why? We all know pretty much whats gonna be in it. Theres no Akira Toriyama (the original character designer) working on it. And theres that lack of 2D in there to make us wonder 'what does Chrno really look like? Is Lucca cute behind those glasses? Doesn't Ayla get cold when you're in the Dark Ages?' (For those who don't remember, in the Dark Ages the world was covered in snow except for the *spoiler* which gets destroyed.)

Ocarina of Time: 2d

[Anonymous Coward]

instead of 2d->3d, this is 3d->2d, but I think they have a more realistic chance of getting something playable...

http://www.oot2d.com/