Schala, and Chrono Trigger fans making such a big deal about her

glennmagusharvey

I never understood why she's so popular.  She just seems like some other major backstory-relevant NPC, but there are a darn lot of them.  Her theme tune is unimpressive, and I don't even remember what she did, other than at one point sealing off that gate and at another point freeing the party from Dalton's jackassery and at a third point getting thrown into the timestream or something in a scene that I no longer remember.

Discuss.

Nyktos

Probably more than anything it's the ambiguity of her fate, since she's the only character who gets thrown into the timestream (or whatever) that doesn't reappear later on, and there's Magus at the end saying he's going to search for her and such.

MousaThe14

I dunno, I'm a CT fan but really, I forgot all about her and just presumed Magic would continue on trying to find her. I don't get all the fan0wankery about her. Well technically I do, I mean she just disappeared into the time stream, that allows for a bazillion fan theories and since part of being a geek is overhtinking stuff... yeah, that would explain it.

But overall, I don't care, I see her incidental to poor Janus Magus and that's about it.

MoeDantes

I remember as a kid I went all over the game map, thinking there was some secret way to find her.

Nowadays I just accept that she's gone and never coming back--especially not in a crappy sequel that claims she's the destroyer of worlds now.

GuyInWhite

Hey, Chrono Cross wasn't that terrible. Granted, it could've handled the plot a lot better, but it's a pretty damn awesome game if you just base it on the gameplay, music, and overall presentation value.

MoeDantes

The thing is, most of my criticisms are about the gameplay. I honestly never beat the game because it has the most idiotic play mechanics I've ever seen in an RPG.

That the story goes in some bullshit directions is just a bonus.

glennmagusharvey

Never played CC; please explain your points.  Both sides.

Bob

I know why she's so popular...

Vorpy

^ = you mean he?

glennmagusharvey

^^ There's sex-appeal fanart of like every character in existence.  Its existence does not explain Schala's appeal.  In game she is presented with like zero sex appeal.

Vorpy

^ There's none of that art for Sakura or Kinoke from Betterman, or Sarah from Ed Edd and Eddy, or Muriel from Courage the Cowardly Dog.

Bob

Actually, I've seen some of Sarah. Quite mind-rapingly bad.

MoeDantes

Never played CC; please explain your points. Both sides.

Basically I found the gameplay overburdened itself in an attempt to be "different" and had the feel of trying to fix something that wasn't broken (and in doing so, actually breaking it).

Like, if I remember correctly, the battle system had like a fuckton of attack options, defense options, and some sort of system where if you keep casting spells of the same element, it becomes more powerful and weakens all spells of its polar opposite. In theory, this should add new levels of strategy. In practice though you'll never take advantage of it because the element thing can be effed up by the bad guy you're fighting if he decides to cast spells, most of the defense options are still useless and you'll probably just pick medium attack again and again.

Also, remember that part of Chrono Trigger where you could gather animal bones and shit to get new weapons? Its back, but now its the whole fucking game, and you have to pay money on top of it.

I never beat the game though, so take that as you will.

Eelektross

Probably because she's a big part of Magus' character arc. Also her disappearance is one of the most noticeable plotholes in an otherwise non-fucked up plot.

Ironweaver

No offense meant, but do you really have to necro threads this old?

Eelektross

If the discussion still holds some potential, it is generally more polite to necro old threads instead of creating new ones.

Ironweaver

Hmm, fair enough.