SOOOO fucking pissed off

Ah. You're getting to the exciting parts then... There's a badass movie sequence coming up, showing you the power possessed by Id...

That's one of the things that genuinely upset me about the game. The first two hours are loaded with cinematics. But, after you meet Elly in the forest, you don't see a single cutscene until that one oddly placed sequence of the Weltall launching out of the Yggdrasil. After that...nothing.

Chrono Cross brought it together after you talked to Lucca/Marle/Crono (how does he talk?) on the Opassa beach.. it's a good story, and inventive.. but we also used the Records of Fate.. wouldn't that mean we were also being controlled? >_>

I'm fairly sure that this point was addressed in the plot guide I read a while back, but it's been so long that I can't remember the explanation for it. I think it had something to do with the fact that because Serge was the Arbiter and because he was the focal point for the division of the dimensions, the Records of Fate were incapable of directly influencing his behavior. It was either that or FATE was intending all along for Serge to play out that prescribed path until they both met in Chronopolis. At which point, FATE severely underestimated Serge's abilities and was destroyed, freeing the El Nido Archipelago from her influence.

And Chrono wasn't a mute in Chrono Trigger, he just didn't verbalize his thoughts into text becuase you were supposed to feel like you were him. They did the same thing with Serge in Cross. And you'll notice, Serge was capable of speech because Lynx was capable of speaking through him.

In my opinion, the whole "mute protagonist" thing is the fucking stupidest character choice you can make in an RPG. It makes absolutely no sense. Technically, you control the entire party, therefore shouldn't it presented as though you are the entirte party and not just one character? On top of that, many games backtrack and flip-flop with that shit. The Golden Sun games being a good example. Felix ( the main character from Golden Sun 2) was a side-character in GS1, and he had lines in that game. However, as soon as you take control of him in the second game, he's a fucking mute! That makes no sense!