So, for the first time in what feels like a decade, I’m not currently playing a racing game. Yeah, no shit.
It’s an RPG, actually, Chrono Cross. A product of the pre-Enix SquareSoft, notice that it got a perfect 10 from GameSpot. If that’s not stunning enough, then you Final Fantasy VII followers will be shocked to learn that your Holy Grail got just a 9.5. Put that in your materia and smoke it.
But starting off, not all was bitchin’. Going through the intro FMV, the character introductions, the combat training, it all added up to about 90 minutes of game time before the first save opportunity presented itself. Great, I’ll just punch up the save menu, and…
But starting off, not all was bitchin’. Going through the intro FMV, the character introductions, the combat training, it all added up to about 90 minutes of game time before the first save opportunity presented itself. Great, I’ll just punch up the save menu, and…
Oh yeah, you can’t save PS1 games to PS2 memory cards. Fuck.
It’s 2 AM, I’m due in to work in four hours, and the only reason I’ve stayed up this late is to get to the damn save point. Besides, who sells PS1 cards this late? And no, I’m not leaving it on overnight, not with every other PS2 toasting itself. But hey, that’s survivable. I can skip movies and get it all back in half the time. So a trip to CD Tradepost and $5.37 later, I’m back at the save point. Slip the PS1 card into port 2, go to save and…
The memory card is full. Que The Terrible Mr. Grimshaw.
That’s the great part of racing games: You never have to know the pain of losing two hours of play, simply because you forgot one mundane detail.
