SYSTEM WARS VOTES- Greatest RPG of All Time Face-off: The Witcher 3 VS Chrono Trigger

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Poll SYSTEM WARS VOTES- Greatest RPG of All Time Face-off: The Witcher 3 VS Chrono Trigger (158 votes)

Chrono Trigger 51%
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt 49%

I asked. You answered. Through the two contests conducted here at System Wars over the last five weeks, all of us came together and voted to determine what, in our collective opinion, are the greatest JRPGs and WRPGs of all time.

After almost 200 votes and nominations for 150 games across the two contests, the results for both of them are now in.

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Square and Enix collaborated for Chrono Trigger, a late SNES era JRPG, and they ended up crafting what is still considered to be the genre’s finest outing, more than 20 years after its initial release. Chrono Trigger was a pioneering game, that in many ways is still far ahead of JRPGs made today- it eschewed the random battles that were so prevalent for the genre at the time. It forewent the traditional swords and sorcery trappings to deliver an unusual, science fiction story with very real stakes. And it made player choice a central mechanic, with every action the player took through the course of its play time, no matter how innocuous, factoring into how the story played out. With 19 endings and one of the most memorable casts of all time, Chrono Trigger is the greatest JRPG ever made. The wide gulf in points between Chrono Trigger and, well, every other game on the JRPG list, only serves to reinforce that.

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CD Projekt RED finally realized their vision for Geralt’s story with The Witcher 3, which may well be the greatest modern translation of the classic cRPG yet. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt plunges players into a dark world, torn by war, where every action has a consequence, and there is no good or evil- only shades of grey in between. Featuring incredible writing, and some of the best examples of quests we have in video games yet, The Witcher 3 is a landmark for not just the story it tells, but also for how it tells it. The game’s harsh open world, which adds to its strengths, and fleshes out its narrative prowess in a way that open world games have rarely been able to do so far, gorgeous graphics, its incredibly flawed characters that we still couldn’t help but love, and its sheer depth all come together to craft one of the most powerfully affecting games yet.

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But who will emerge victorious in this clash of titans? Will it be Japan, or will it be the West? Let's settle this question once and for all.

System Wars- which is the greatest RPG of all time? Chrono Trigger, your highester voted JRPG, or The Witcher 3, your highest voted WRPG? Vote now!

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#201 Yams1980
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had to vote chrono trigger because of fond memories for it. Witcher 3 is good also. Just it has very little memorable music and most of the characters in the game are not likeable and mostly forgettable. Music in chrono trigger is just completely unmatched by almost every game. Same goes with Chrono Cross.

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#202 DarkLink77
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@charizard1605 said:

@DarkLink77: But it's not.

It was. And it should be.

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#203 ConanTheStoner
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@Yams1980 said:

Music in chrono trigger is just completely unmatched by almost every game. Same goes with Chrono Cross.

Word. I don't even like Chrono Cross that much, I played it at release and that was that, but I still listen to the soundtrack when I'm working sometimes.

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#204 ConanTheStoner
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It seems this 50/50 lock won't be changing much any time soon. Is it just a draw? When is voting considered "closed" on this one?

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@ConanTheStoner said:

It seems this 50/50 lock won't be changing much any time soon. Is it just a draw? When is voting considered "closed" on this one?

We'll keep going until we have an answer that I like

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#206  Edited By deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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@DarkLink77 said:
@charizard1605 said:

@DarkLink77: But it's not.

It was. And it should be.

Nah. Trust me man- I can tell you MGS3 ain't half the shit ALttP is :-3

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#207 DarkLink77
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@charizard1605 said:
@DarkLink77 said:
@charizard1605 said:

@DarkLink77: But it's not.

It was. And it should be.

Nah. Trust me man- I can tell you MGS3 ain't half the shit ALttP is :-3

You don't need to tell me anything. I've played both. MGS3 is far superior.

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@DarkLink77 said:
@charizard1605 said:
@DarkLink77 said:
@charizard1605 said:

@DarkLink77: But it's not.

It was. And it should be.

Nah. Trust me man- I can tell you MGS3 ain't half the shit ALttP is :-3

You don't need to tell me anything. I've played both. MGS3 is far superior.

I've played both, too. A Link to the Past clowns MGS3, and I adore MGS3.

ALttP is borderline game design perfection, or as close to it as we will ever get. MGS3 is a good game, a great game even, but it's got nothing on that.

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#209 DarkLink77
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@charizard1605 said:
@DarkLink77 said:
@charizard1605 said:
@DarkLink77 said:
@charizard1605 said:

@DarkLink77: But it's not.

It was. And it should be.

Nah. Trust me man- I can tell you MGS3 ain't half the shit ALttP is :-3

You don't need to tell me anything. I've played both. MGS3 is far superior.

I've played both, too. A Link to the Past clowns MGS3, and I adore MGS3.

ALttP is borderline game design perfection, or as close to it as we will ever get. MGS3 is a good game, a great game even, but it's got nothing on that.

ALttP isn't even the best 2D Zelda. Get real.

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@DarkLink77 said:
@charizard1605 said:
@DarkLink77 said:
@charizard1605 said:
@DarkLink77 said:

It was. And it should be.

Nah. Trust me man- I can tell you MGS3 ain't half the shit ALttP is :-3

You don't need to tell me anything. I've played both. MGS3 is far superior.

I've played both, too. A Link to the Past clowns MGS3, and I adore MGS3.

ALttP is borderline game design perfection, or as close to it as we will ever get. MGS3 is a good game, a great game even, but it's got nothing on that.

ALttP isn't even the best 2D Zelda. Get real.

Sure it is, and the only 2D (or any) Zelda game that actually comes close to it is one that is practically a modern day remake of LttP.

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#211  Edited By jg4xchamp
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Link's Awakening is fantastic, **** off.

ugh the censoring of the word ****, what is this hoetry. inb4 hoe is censored.

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@jg4xchamp said:

Link's Awakening is fantastic, **** off.

ugh the censoring of the word ****, what is this hoetry. inb4 hoe is censored.

Sure, Link's Awakening is great. A Link to the Past is better.

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#213 jg4xchamp
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@charizard1605 said:
@jg4xchamp said:

Link's Awakening is fantastic, **** off.

ugh the censoring of the word ****, what is this hoetry. inb4 hoe is censored.

Sure, Link's Awakening is great. A Link to the Past is better.

That is absolutely debateable, LTTP don't like accepting it, but that limp ass sword reach in LTTP is absolutely infuriating, and from a fucking generation that had Super Mario World, Megaman X, Super Metroid, and a host of other fantastic games in the game feel department, people don't get to brush a fundamental part of that game off. Link's Awakening does that very well, the plot personally is at least some what more unique in comparison, and the dungeon stuff is arguable on which one is better to be quite honest. Not because either game has a misfire, but more so it's fucking Nintendo, of course they are absurdly good at that shit.

But sure, LTTP over it isn't absurd to me, it's a fantastic game. Darklink cray either way, he one of those 3d zelda people.

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@jg4xchamp: Eh, honestly never had any issue with LttP's game feel or combat, I always felt the game flowed very well. I can see people having issues with it, sure, but it's absolutely nothing game breaking.

Don't get me wrong, I love Link's Awakening, game is amazing. But I mean, the simple fact that it had two action buttons you constantly had to juggle alone is enough to push LttP over it for me. Plus LttP had Turtle Rock, ice Palace, and Ganon's Tower, and I still haven't played better dungeons than those yet, so it takes the win. ALBW is second for me, LA is third.

Not gonna say anyone who likes LA over LttP is wrong (and not as wrong as anyone who likes a 3D Zelda over LttP at any rate), but LttP just does far more, and it does it, in my opinion, better.

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@jg4xchamp: Eh, honestly never had any issue with LttP's game feel or combat, I always felt the game flowed very well. I can see people having issues with it, sure, but it's absolutely nothing game breaking.

Don't get me wrong, I love Link's Awakening, game is amazing. But I mean, the simple fact that it had two action buttons you constantly had to juggle alone is enough to push LttP over it for me. Plus LttP had Turtle Rock, ice Palace, and Ganon's Tower, and I still haven't played better dungeons than those yet, so it takes the win. ALBW is second for me, LA is third.

Not gonna say anyone who likes LA over LttP is wrong (and not as wrong as anyone who likes a 3D Zelda over LttP at any rate), but LttP just does far more, and it does it, in my opinion, better.

3D Zelda is best Zelda.

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How the **** did we get to MGS 3 vs ALTTP in this thread again?

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How the **** did we get to MGS 3 vs ALTTP in this thread again?

It's a battle actually worth having, where is this one is a farce.

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@jg4xchamp said:
@khoofia_pika said:

How the **** did we get to MGS 3 vs ALTTP in this thread again?

It's a battle actually worth having, where is this one is a farce.

qft

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Of course Pokemon is an RPG

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#220 sailor232
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Yeah Chrono Trigger, even games these days don't do what that game does. So it was like 21 years a head of its time at least.

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#221 Litchie
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None of those.

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Does SW seriously think TW3 is as "great" as Chrono Trigger?

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#223 Litchie
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I chose Witcher 3, just to **** with you.

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@Litchie said:

I chose Witcher 3, just to **** with you.

You're a cruel person

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Looks like a stalemate.

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@ConanTheStoner said:

Mass Effect 2 is just a shooter, Zelda is an RPG, The Witcher 3 is hack and slash, turn based mechanics only exist because of past hardware limitations.

Go!

Don't encourage them! >.<