Chrono Trigger Will Never Be Surpassed | Gaming Through the Years

My thesis on why Chrono Trigger is, in fact, a perfect work.

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Time codes:
0:00 - Introduction
1:30 - Development
2:33 - Game Basics
6:24 - The New Standard?
8:09 - How Chrono Trigger Teaches the Player
13:08 - Chrono Trigger's Perfect Pacing
18:28 - Time Travel!
21:27 - The Characters
24:55 - The Music
29:18 - New Game Plus
32:05 - Why the Game Just Works
35:30 - Conclusion

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Final Fantasy IV, Secret of Mana, Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Trigger (DS) © 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2008 Square

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Featuring Music by:
Yasunori Mitsuda & Nobuo Uematsu

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