All of this is accompanied by a great music track from Jonathan Geer that compliments the fantasy setting and the increasingly intense visuals. While the trailer is short, it manages to show off cutscenes, battle scenes, and a meeting of the game’s protagonist and antagonist. Titled ‘Chrono Break,’ Andersen’s work features sprites that are much more detailed than what was seen on the SNES and are more akin to pixel art seen in the sprite-based games of today, including Andersen’s very own Owlboy. Simon Stafsnes Andersen, the creator and lead pixel artist for the indie platformer Owlboy, has released a gorgeous mock-up trailer for his vision of a Chrono Trigger sequel. One fan has taken it into his own hands to show fans what a new sprite-based follow-up to Chrono Trigger could potentially look like. Square Enix have released several ports of the game over the years but have hardly even toyed with the notion of releasing a sequel. 3 and Kid Icarus, but as you can see the visuals are far beyond that, with a much more modern graphic style he refers to as ‘hi-bit’.Despite the existence of Chrono Cross and Radical Dreamers, many JRPG fans still beg for a true sequel to the 1995 SNES game Chrono Trigger. According to him the game is inspired by old NES games such as Super Mario Bros. Its mammoth development time is due to the normal difficulties of indie development, but also lead designer’s Henrik Stafsnes Andersen’s struggles with depression. Normally it’d seem impossible for a game not to disappoint with that kind of build-up, but Owlboy remains one of the most visually impressive and enjoyable indie games we’ve ever played.Īs is obvious almost at a glance, Owlboy really is a labour of love.
We don’t know exactly when worked started, but that means it’s now been at least a decade between inception and appearing on home consoles.
When Owlboy was first released on PC in late 2016 it was described as being nine years in the making. One of the best-looking 2D games ever is finally available on all consoles, and it’s been worth waiting for.īig Brain Academy: Brain Vs.
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