Knowing the biggest moments in video games doesn’t dull their impact
The idea of “spoilers” comes up a lot these days. In an era where our abundance of information, freely available and shareable, expands more and more every day, it’s increasingly difficult to avoid learning something you might not want to know. These can range from the ending of a show to a character death, or even to a big moment in a classic like Chrono Trigger.
What a spoiler entails can truly run the gamut of all possible, conceivable information about an event or story. And as many spoilers exist in the world, there are also concerns about how much to say, or what truly constitutes a “spoiler.” Some are immediately recognizable, while others become so engrained in culture that they are, quite frankly, idiomatic.
Say “no, I am your father.” It’s a phrase we hear repeated, referenced, and lampooned throughout culture, thanks to the massive impact of Star Wars. Does knowing that dampen the impact of the moment when Vader confirms it to Luke?
It’s something I’ve been thinking about as I play through Chrono Trigger because, as I said before, I was largely unaware of even some of the most basic information about Chrono Trigger going into it. There’s a guy who looks like Goku with red hair; a frog and robot show up; and there is time travel of some sort. But following games long enough, I had at least gleaned some pieces of info that bubbled up from years of lurking GameFAQs and forums, wondering if I had some premonition or if I truly knew something was coming.
[Also, we’re going to talk overt spoilers for Chrono Trigger up through the Ocean Palace and the events soon after. Fair warning.]
It was at some point, fighting a boss earlier inthe landmark SNES RPG Chrono Trigger, that I made an offhand comment about the lead
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