LogFAQs > #968561169

I feel like Earthbound peaks at Fourside and obviously Moonside (but not the sewers, though Summers is okay), and doesnt reach the same highs again until Lumine Hall. So the 4th-6th sanctuaries end up feeling like chores, plus the whole thing with Scaraba and Deep Darkness is kinda forgettable and/or annoying.

Ive only done a full playthrough of Chrono Trigger once, and I can see both the future and prehistoric areas dragging. Everything with Magus is a high point of the game though, and the game really picks up from your first real fight with Lavos, even if youre essentially just doing side quests for the rest of the game.