Emotions can be your best friend, or they can be your worst enemy.

They're what makes you laugh, and they're what makes you cry. They're what make you love, and they're what make you hate. Whether we admit it or not, emotions all flow through or veins and are a very powerful part of our lives. Some wear their hearts upon their sleeves, while some keep themselves emotionally introverted, but it doesn't matter - we all feel.

That's what makes us human, in a sense that's more than just blood, flesh, and bone.

I never understood how video games worked. I played a few and just screwed around on them, because that's what they were to me - fun, and it was definitely a brand of fun I was willing to sacrifice, especially when the costs are sky-high and I can have just as much fun watching a playthrough on YouTube.

I never once sat down and played a video game from start to finish, until earlier tonight.

I never knew I could shed tears over a colorful pile of pixels that was supposed to resemble a human or something along those lines, either, until I played Chrono Trigger.

It was a crazy little game, really. You were a boy who traveled throughout times thanks to these "gates" that you accidentally discovered when something went awry at your best friend's exhibition of her latest invention, and a girl you had just met got sucked into the time gate.

Bravely, Crono, the protagonist, decides to go after her. In what initally seemed to be just another "save the princess" type game, it ended up being so much more. With so many twists and turns, it managed to keep me fully immersed throughout its entirety. It was executed in such a way that I often found myself in tears for these characters - hell, every time I've seen Frog recount his backstory, I still cry, and we're talking about a sword-wielding frog who speaks in a bastardized version of Shakespeare's English.

That's the impact this game has. I found my hairs standing on end and my spine tingling several times because of how deep this game started getting.

I'm honestly sad that the game is over - it left a huge impact on me, and really, I can't imagine it getting any better than this. It was a work of art - no, a masterpiece.

I can honestly say I'll never forget this game.

Score: 10/10