Lest all of this sound offputtingly conceptual or just plain old depressing, know that Cross is at heart a jolly save-the-world adventure that alternates poignancy with absurdity.
But Serge is also a kind of cosmic janitor, switching dimensions in order both to bypass obstacles and reconcile the tensions between parallel selves, each the ghost in the other's mirror. This applies especially to Serge, walking the boundary between life and death, existence and anachronism - an irresolution that feeds into one of the greatest plot twists of the PS1 era. Where its acclaimed SNES predecessor Chrono Trigger operates period by period, Chrono Cross offers a universe without a past: everything that might have been exists simultaneously, giving rise to a pervasive anxiety as possibilities clash and threaten to cancel each other, a predicament emblematised by the game's omnipresent, beautiful but horrifying ocean. In one reality, the lagoons surrounding a fairy village have been drained, thwarting access to a dragon in the other, they have been overrun by goblins ousted from their homelands. In one reality, a local man has become an accomplished fisherman in the other, he is a feverish recluse who worships a straw idol (which you can eventually recruit as a party member).
In one reality, a vast technological complex exists far across the sea in another, it is a ruin. This journey sees you warping back and forth between worlds, the basis for a narrative in which every character, place or thing is haunted by its alternative.
Here, an alternate story of the RADICAL DREAMERS, a group of three thieves – Serge, Kid and Magil – unfolds in a parallel world.
Players can experience the story that went on to become the basis for CHRONO CROSS in an audio novel format. RADICAL DREAMERS – Le Trésor Interdit – “RADICAL DREAMERS – Le Trésor Interdit -” was released in 1996 as a standalone game, and has not been easily accesible for play in recent years. With over 40 party members to meet, people and dimensions will intertwine in this epic drama about the planet itself. Additionally, the game that formed the bedrock of the story, “RADICAL DREAMERS – Le Trésor Interdit -“, is included in this edition! CHRONO CROSS is an RPG that transcends time and space, unfolding across two interlinked parallel worlds. The 3D models have been upgraded to HD, new illustrations have added, and all kinds of new features are now included. “CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION” is a remaster of “CHRONO CROSS”.