Chrono Trigger: Episode 7

[True_Blue]

Holy crap this took a while to get out, mainly because I didn't catch a break between my second semester of grad school and Ohayocon. I finally got that little break and worked hard to get this baby out. I also got the DS version of CT which seems to be much harder than my PS1 and SNES versions. They changed Frog's way of speaking too, damn it! There's none of that here, no sir. Chrono Trigger Episode 7 is possibly the most battle heavy episode I've ever put out. I hope you all enjoy it, because once I got to a certain battle I was pretty pumped and wouldn't stop for anything.


Cast list:
Crono - True_Blue
Frog - Galidan
Magus - U-1
Marle - Shudo_Ranmaru
Lucca - Calum
Robo - Narth
Queen Leene - Tears_of_Asara
Cyrus - Gamer8585
King Guardia XXI - legacyblade
Soldier - Dusk-Requiem
Glenn - Galidan
Frog King - True_Blue
Ozzie - Galidan
Old Man at the End of Time - Barog_Firestorm
Spekkio - Shintarou_Inuzuka
Kid Glenn - Galidan
Kids - JellyBeanQueen2
Slash - Tylec
Flea (ewwwwwww) - Calum
Person (Relieve us of this misery) - Tylec
Crono's Mom - MorningStar Smiles
King Guardia XXXIII - Dymatrex
Admiral Ackbar - himself

Major thanks to all of the cast! Once again, this could not have been possible without you all! Enjoy the episode!

Moral of this episode: You don't mess with Magus or else he'll mess you up.


Here are the links to the episode:

Stream:

Chrono Trigger Episode 7 Part 1

Chrono Trigger Episode 7 Part 2

Chrono Trigger Episode 7 Part 3


(putfile is currently being a pain, so the stream will be uploaded to youtube)

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gg0KY1giMQ]Chrono Trigger Episode 7 Part 1 (youtube)[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ5DM2ZCOcw]Chrono Trigger Episode 7 Part 2 (youtube)[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUtp58hJzpc]Chrono Trigger Episode 7 Part 3 (youtube)[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFFo4SoBkFQ]Chrono Trigger Episode 7 Part 4 (youtube)[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3VuecVrOlM]Chrono Trigger Episode 7 Part 5 (outtakes) (youtube)[/ame]


Download:
Chrono Trigger Episode 7 (mediafire)

Chrono Trigger Episode 7 (megaupload)

See you guys next episode! We're going back to a familiar place. XD

[Crimson]

This is very impressive. There's very little for me to pick at, but allow me to do some picking anyway XD;;;;

The battle scene when they first enter Magus' castle was a little lower-key than I would have liked. Maybe you were going for a one-person-one-turn RPG effect but a little faster paced in some places would have made it a little more exciting, I think.
Aside from that the only thing I noticed was very few distracting mic sounds that could have been eliminated like "You must return to us...POP" as well as a few that probably couldn't be (actors topping out their mics).

Acting-wise, U-1 is incredibly badass sounding and I'm really impressed with Galidan in his various roles.

Great job everyone!

And totally random, but this reminds me of when my sister played this game... she didn't like the name Magus so she renamed him Syrus... naturally there was some confusion XD

[InuKai]

"I guess that leaves Marle and Lucca to us"
"SCORE!"

XD

Once again, you have delivered a stellar performance, TB. Congrats.

[Galidan]

Nice job Blue, and thanks for bearing with me for unnecessarily long delay on getting my lines to you.

/Galidan

[Tylec]

All right. I should preface by saying that this is the first installment of this radioplay I've listened to, so I wasn't sure what to expect.

True_Blue, I really what you've done with the music and sound effects - classic bits and bytes from Chrono Trigger, mixed with some very realistic and visceral original effects. I especially like the nice bloody 'squish' after Slash was impaled, as well as Lucca's shotgun-styled blasts.

I'd have to say that Glenn, Ozzy, Magus and Flea were my favourite performances, and boy was I surprised to realize that most of their actors were pulling double-duty in the cast! Galidan, you truly put the 'gal' in gallantry. I loved hearing all the different sides to your noble Frog, and I'm shocked to realize you can switch over so quickly to slimy Ozzy. Amazing evil laugh, by the way.

Highlights of this episode include:

-Flea's introduction. A true laugh out loud moment!
-The battle with Magus. I'm not much of a fan of anime 'power battles', where combatants announce their attacks before launching a bunch of homogenous energy balls, but I now see how this format works wonders in a radioplay. Having Magus and the Chrono fellowship shout out their magical spells helped me to visualize the battle, and made it so much more engaging.


For consideration:

-Glenn goes through a series of flashbacks beginning with scenes from his childhood (getting picked on by bullies), and progressing to his time as a knight?/page?/sidekick? to Cyrus. I was able to figure out that the twinkling sfx represented a scene transition; at the same time, perhaps there could have been more to establish the setting, as well as Glenn's age and status.

-There were some great instances where dialogue was used to describe the "on scene" visuals, such as when Chrono mentions the "conveyor belts and guillotines" Ozzy has prepared for the team, or when Magus describes the oncoming Delta Attack from the AD 1000 trio. However, there could have been more of these moments. It's been a while since I've placed CT, and the fight against Ozzy was especially difficult to follow: what's making him pant and puff so hard, and how is he finally defeated? There are plenty of sound effects signaling actions, but I was never quite sure what actions those effects represented.

[True_Blue]

Many thanks for all your comments, guys! Thanks for pointing out things that I may have missed and I will try to work on those for the next episode. One more thing...

All right. I should preface by saying that this is the first installment of this radioplay, so I wasn't sure what to expect.

Maybe for you. XD

[Sayaka]

This is most excellent, True_Blue! The entire cast is pretty much amazing in their respective roles and the mixing is great! I'll give a more detailed review when I have time. Can wait to hear more!

[U-1]

Congrats on getting this done. I tmust have been a labor of love.
You put a lot of time into this, and it shows.

This turned out really good.
I agree that there could have been more descripions int he script to describe what attacks where being used.
It didnt take away much from my overall enjoyment of the project.