History YMMV / ChronoCross

* PortingDisaster: The Remaster has been reported to have even worse performance than the [=PS1=] original. Particular issues include bad framerates which leads to unresponsive controls & input delay and choppy animations. The game's [=FMVs=] also suffer from poor sound quality and the backgrounds were AI upscaled, but the upscaling software had apparently not been trained properly at the time of development.

%%* UncannyValley:
%%** FATE. (Considering she's an AI, this is likely [[IntendedAudienceReaction intentional]].)
%%** And [=SunOfAGun=].
%%** Mannequeens.

* LGBTFanbase: Zoah is popular with gay men which is unsurprising as he's a muscular man who goes around [[{{Stripperific}} wearing only a helmet, a harnass with a spike shoulder pad, and a metal thong with some leather draped around his backside.]] There's also Lynx who's also PopularWithFurries. And Norris is well liked because he's a clean cut, pretty-but-still-masculine soldier boy.

** Techs, a staple of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger,'' were nearly gutted in this game. Because there are [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters so many characters,]] each one only gets three Techs to themselves and [[ItOnlyWorksOnce they're usable once per battle,]] so they tend to take a backseat to [[VancianMagic Elements,]] which you can equip and use far more of.

* TierInducedScrappy: Even by the standards of [=RPGs=], this game has LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, with a grand total of 45. It's inevitable that a few of these would show up.

** SunOfAGun. Not only can be able to change modes such as: high defense, going berserk if magic is used against it, immunity to physical attacks, etc, but he also has a variety of very ''fun'' moves; Holy Light (a ''very'' powerful move at this point in the game), Kissy-Wissy (causes Sleep to the person affected by it), and Anti-Black (prevent those who have black magic to cast them).

* HollywoodPudgy: The game has some pretty disturbing and unhealthy weight ranges for its characters. For instance, Janice's in-game body type is Plump, but really though, she's simply curvaceous. Only five characters could be considered "overweight", four of which are muscular. Miki is the worst, with a BMI of 14.0. Full results [[http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Underweight:_The_BMIs_of_Chrono_Cross.html here.]]

* ShockingSwerve:
** The Dragon Gods and their FaceHeelTurn.
** Lynx being [[spoiler:Serge's father]].

* ContestedSequel: If ''Cross'' didn't bear the name "''Chrono''", it would be regarded as a visually-stunning RPG with great music. But ''CT'' is pretty much a sacred cow as far as [[EasternRPG JRPGs]] go, and ''Cross'' is extremely different in many regards, is ''vastly'' more confusing, and has controversial handling of what little ''Trigger'' content does return, so there are many people who outright hate it. There are relatively few players who deny that it's a good ''game'', but whether it's a good sequel to ''Chrono Trigger'' is incredibly divisive.

** Serge is SS+ tier - a MasterOfAll LightingBruiser, overpowered even by main character standards, with stats so high that he'll be better at almost everything than any other character is at anything. Useful because you CantDropTheHero unless it's a NewGamePlus.

* FoeYay: Buckets of it between Lynx and Serge -- even considering the fact he has a good InUniverse justification for it (Serge being the ChosenOne), Lynx's desire to [[spoiler:[[GrandTheftMe swap bodies]]]] coupled with a good deal of his dialogue is often disturbing and uncomfortable. Made worse when you find out [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather he's Serge's]] [[ParentalIncest father]] -- although a good case could be made he isn't even him any more, between [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke being combined with a panther]] and [[WetwareBody FATE's transformation/mind-wiping]]; other than one or two veiled hints it isn't clear if he remembers their relationship at all]]. Also, [[SexyJester Harle]], who flirts constantly with you both pre- ("So you are Serge! You are even more sexy zen I thought!") and post-[[spoiler:GrandTheftMe]] ("Would you choose to save the world or me?").

* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: The game ventured in a completely different direction for the sole reason that its creators felt ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' was [[ToughActToFollow so good that trying to replicate it would merely be redundant]]. Both written and directed by Masato Kato, the head writer for ''Trigger'', ''Cross'' features a more personal and ponderous narrative and explores the themes of its predecessor from very different perspectives; the game incorporates a number of incredibly ambitious ideas (such as an [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters absolutely huge roster of playable characters]], complex and branching storylines, and high-minded philosophical themes) that few, if any games have attempted since. By far the most done-for-the-art aspect of the game, however, is the soundtrack: even though he had just quit [[Creator/SquareEnix Squaresoft]], Creator/YasunoriMitsuda was hired to score the game simply because Kato considered him an indispensible part of the ''Chrono'' formula. The decision to compose two different songs for each area--one for each dimension--was made at the last minutes, simply because Kato and Mitsuda thought it would be a good idea. The singer and lyricist for the ending theme, a relatively obscure artist by the name of Noriko Mitose, was chosen despite Square Soft PR's wishes for a more popular and marketable singer, simply because her style was deemed right for the game.

* LGBTFanbase: Zoah is popular with gay men which is unsurprising as he's a muscular man who goes around [[{{Stripperific}} wearing only a helmet, a harnass with a spike shoulder pad, and a metal thong with some leather draped around his backside.]] There's also Lynx who's also PopularWithFurries.

* CharacterTiers:
** Serge and Lynx are among the top tier characters. Useful because you CantDropTheHero unless it's a NewGamePlus.
** Higher tiers in the first part of the game are [[GirlNextDoor Leena]] for being a good spellcaster with amazing techs, [[GenkiGirl Kid]] for her stealing power, [[KnightInShiningArmor Glenn]] for his powerful attacks and dual tech with Serge, [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Razzly]] for being the best magic users, and [[ActionMom Macha]] for having high and [[MagicKnight balanced]] stats across the board. A few others like [[ReligiousBruiser Greco]], Guile, and Nikki are all right. The rest of them aren't very good.
** Higher tiers in the second part of the game [[spoiler:when Serge is changed into Lynx]] include [[CommandingCoolness Norris]] who is a decent fighter, [[spoiler:[[TheDragon Harle, until she leaves,]]]] who is good all around, [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Irenes]], for magic when [[spoiler:Harle]] would be useless because of her innate class, and later on [[spoiler:Karsh]] for his power and strong weapons. Miki is also liked for her all-around power, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Draggy]] for having excellent stats and stamina recovery despite being a newborn, and [[{{Pirate}} Fargo]] for having good power and being able to steal the rare Plate armors. Other characters like [[spoiler:Zoah, Marcy, Viper, and Riddel]], along with Steena, also do fairly well.
** Later-game high ranked characters also include Orlha for her incredible strength.

** Korcha, an obnoxious teenage brat who has entirely too many appearances in the early game. Nearly ''every single line'' of his is either trying to start a fight or whining about something trivial. Even more irritatingly, the game tries its hardest to railroad him into your party.

** Poshul, a giant pink dog that looks and talks like some mentally handicapped cousin of Scooby-Doo.

* PortingDisaster: The Remaster has been reported to have even worse performance than the [=PS1=] original. Particular issues include bad framerates which leads to unresponsive controls & input delay and choppy animations. The game's FMVs also suffer from poor sound quality and the backgrounds were AI upscaled, but the upscaling software had apparently not been trained properly at the time of development.

* PortingDisaster: The Remaster has been reported to have some severe performance issues that's even worse than the original. Particular issues include bad framerates which leads to unresponsive controls & input delay and choppy animations.

* PortingDisaster: The Remaster has been reported to have some severe performance issues that's even worse than the original. Particularly bad framerates which leads to unresponsive controls and choppy animations.

* EndingAversion: The game pulls more plot threads out of its ass in the second disc than some role-playing games have for their entire length, and does not properly resolve most of them.

** Higher tiers in the second part of the game [[spoiler:When Serge is changed into Lynx]] include [[CommandingCoolness Norris]] who is a decent fighter, [[spoiler:[[TheDragon Harle]]]] who is good all around, [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Irenes]], for magic when [[spoiler:Harle]] would be useless because of her innate class, and later on [[spoiler:Karsh]] for his power and strong weapons. Miki is also liked for her all-around power, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Draggy]] for having excellent stats and stamina recovery despite being a newborn, and [[{{Pirate}} Fargo]] for having good power and being able to steal the rare Plate armors. Other characters like [[spoiler:Zoah, Marcy, Viper, and Riddel]], along with Steena, also do fairly well.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The dwarves are supposed to come across as a race who has been victimized by [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters the excesses and the greed of humanity as a whole]], and call humans out on not being able to live in harmony with nature. The intent is to make the player feel bad for killing them, but the fact that the dwarves were conducting an operation of ethnic cleansing on the fairies, [[MoralDissonance while at the same time]] doing the same things [[{{Hypocrite}} they accuse humans of doing]] prevents them from getting sympathy. The fact that the game itself fails to see the hypocrisy of it all, in favor of [[NeverMyFault putting all the blame on humans]], (Even the fairies blame the humans, rather than the dwarves who are actively killing them) is a sore spot for many players.

* UncannyValley: FATE. (Considering she's an AI, this is likely [[IntendedAudienceReaction intentional]].)
** And [=SunOfAGun=].
** Mannequeens.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: To fans of the game who feel its [[DarkerAndEdgier darker plot]] works in its favor, and criticize fans who complain about the [[DroppedABridgeOnHim deaths of the original's cast]] and the game's HappyEndingOverride. This is one of the major points of contention between fans of ''Chrono Trigger'' and ''Chrono Cross''. Fans who criticize ''[[ContestedSequel Chrono Cross]]'' for [[spoiler: implying the deaths of Crono, Marle, and Lucca]] are told to "grow up" and accept these characters' fates (despite [[AssPull the explanation behind their deaths coming off as incredibly contrived and making very little in-story sense]]), while praising the game for its "gutsy" and original storyline. ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' fans have mostly responded by roundly trashing ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' and its fans. Oh, and you're [[FanHater not allowed to]] [[TakeAThirdOption like them both]].

* CosmicDeadline: The last third of the game is notable for its massive {{Infodump}}s, introducing TheManBehindTheMan after TheManBehindTheMan. The plot moves at a ''rapid'' pace and some feel that maybe the EndingAversion and DisappointingLastLevel tropes wouldn't be so strong if the ending actually lasted a bit ''longer''.

** Later-game high ranked characters include Orlha for her incredible strength.