Dude, the plot from Chrono Cross was fucking brilliant! It's extraordinarily hard to understand, but if you go to GameFAQs and read Terrageist's "Plot Analysis," it will make perfect sense. After figuring out what actually happened in the game, I honestly consider it to be better than the original. It damn near seamlessly weaves the events from CT into it's storyline and creates this amazing web of paradoxes and event loops. Seriously, go read the Plot Analysis. I used to think Chrono Cross was an okay game, but I seriously think it's better than CT now that I've come to fully understand the story.