The Digital Foundry Channel released a technical analysis Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamer’s EditionThe PS1 Classic Remastered released this week,
In short, the channel points to these characteristics in its analysis (compiled) reset era,
- new music for home screen;
- new character art;
- AI-enhanced background, original background is also there;
- The AI doesn’t seem to have been trained to handle the background of CC, resulting in poor upscale;
- 3D elements are around 900p to 936p even in Classic mode;
- New mods have new models, they look good;
- The menu for PS4/Switch is 1080p;
- Classic Mode text is a more pixelated font;
- Classic mode has old pictures, New mode has new pictures;
- New art is good, but money is bad, a mismatch;
- FMV Introduction is advanced, but it’s good;
- Some FMV songs are compressed;
- The game’s music seems clearer due to the simulation;
- Performance is poor: frame rate is dynamic;
- Exploration/Battle at 30fps, Menu at 60fps;
- In the new mode, which falls short, it can reach 10fps in combat during great moments;
- The PS1 runs better than the PS4 running on the PS5;
- The title screen plays at 12/13 fps, the PS1 runs at 10 fps;
- Classic skins work better than new skins, similar to PS1;
- The game behavior on Switch is basically the same, and it plays better in portable mode.
Watch the full analysis in the video below or on the website. eurogamer,