That's cool man, I respect your opinion, and I realize I am in the minority with my way of thinking about the game. Personally I like Breath of Fire 1 and 2 (my favorite RPG series of all time... well 1-3 at least), Super Mario RPG, the FF games, the Lufia games, and a few other less known games more on the SNES.
I think that CT is definitely a more common game and is beloved by so many because they simply have not played the other games, or perhaps maybe because nostalgia tints their glass since they didn't play the others at a younger age.
Either way, it's a great game, but as for someone that has played a very large dose of RPG's over the years, I just feel as though it is over rated. However, I understand why.
Much of Chrono Trigger's appeal stems from the fact that it's very accessible to gamers who aren't JRPG fans. There are many gamers who don't like RPGs, or despise JRPGs, or hate turn-based combat, and yet they love Chrono Trigger. It was designed to have an almost universal appeal to it, and that's partly why it's so highly rated.
I agree it's not the best SNES RPG (like I said, I prefer Secret of Mana and Lufia II over CT) or even the best Chrono game (I prefer Chrono Cross), but I can understand why CT gets so much acclaim and popularity.
Now this I agree with and can stand behind. I was being a bit harsh in my wording about the simplistic approach for an RPG game. However, I agree that it does appeal to a larger group because of that very reason. There is a reason board games that are short or extremely popular are games with usually pretty standard rules and simplistic design. There are far fewer people that have the time or appreciate more detailed task management in a game. CT does what it set out to do extremely well, but on that note, I would put the game in a different category than other more serious RPG's. That isn't a bad thing, it just means it set out to do something different, and it did an extremely good job at it.
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