I really wish I understood more of what this game was trying to say. It's not a good sequel to Chrono Trigger - if you go in expecting something that follows up on the plotlines of CT and will let you see your favorite characters again, you'll be sorely disappointed. But Cross is a damn good game on its own right. I feel that it could have benefitted from more time spent writing the plot and fewer party members - the game's main gimmick, its 45 party members, actually bogs it down somewhat since so many of them go undeveloped. But Cross's core story, about Serge, Kid, Lynx, and Harle, is a very creative and poignant one. I just wish that so much of the lore wasn't crammed into the last five minutes of the game.