{"id":17959,"date":"2023-02-21T13:55:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T04:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=17959"},"modified":"2023-02-28T11:23:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T02:23:53","slug":"20230221-17959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230221-17959\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrono Cross remaster is finally getting framerate improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Square Enix has announced that an update is coming to <em><strong>Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition<\/strong> <\/em>this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition<\/em> is a remaster of 1999\u2019s <em>Chrono Cross<\/em> for the original PlayStation. The grand adventure spans two worlds and is a follow-up to <em>Chrono Trigger<\/em>, a game widely considered a JRPG masterpiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remaster boasts a number of enhancements such as HD 3D models, refined character illustrations, and higher-quality background music. There are also other additions to make the game easier to play like the ability to turn off enemy encounters.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION | Announce Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9GRxp72A3r8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>After releasing in April of 2022, the official Twitter account for the game continued answering questions from fans and posting information regarding cafe collaborations and such, but for the past 6 or so months has only remained active via retweeting other accounts. The account hasn\u2019t gone totally silent, though, thanks to this sudden update announcement.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re launching an update for Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pMxwcuoxzN\">pic.twitter.com\/pMxwcuoxzN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chrono Cross (@chronogame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chronogame\/status\/1627595394946416640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>According to the announcement, the update will cover a wide range of changes, including framerate improvements, changes to Pip\u2019s growth system, and bug fixes. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHRONO_CROSS_RD\/status\/1627593903246393346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Japanese version of the message<\/a> states that more details regarding the changes will be posted on the day the update goes live, but for players, the biggest standout is likely the framerate improvements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During battles and certain scenes in <em>Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition<\/em>, there have been reports of severe framerate drops. These performance issues have hurt the game in the eyes of critics and players (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220412-11445\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a>), with only 59% of Steam user reviews being positive, leaving the game with a status of \u201cMixed.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It sounds like Square Enix has listened to player feedback and set to work on fixing these framerate issues. It\u2019s been a decent amount of time since the game launched, so it will be interesting to see just how much it has improved.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chrono Cross Remaster: PS5\/Switch Tested - A Classic Returns... With Worse Performance Than PS1\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pFnYz5J6kXA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">*Digital Foundry stated that the performance is worse than the original PlayStation version.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition <\/em>is available now on PC (Steam), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[Update 2023\/02\/28 11:20 JST] The update went live on February 22. The patch notes for the Steam version can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/1133760\/view\/3663152658878163658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230220-237935\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2023-02-20 20:40 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A February update to Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition will cover a wide range of changes, including framerate improvements and changes to Pip&#8217;s growth system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":17961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-17959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chrono Cross remaster is finally getting framerate improvements - 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