So Chrono Cross' battle system seems a bit more...complicated than Trigger's.

A friend I was staying with for a few months had a copy of the game and I did pop it in only for a few minutes. I just played with Kid, Serge and the other chick. Anyway, to use magic in this game, you need to use regular physical attacks to build up points? Magic or Elements seem to be the real deal on how to do massive damage. Can enemies counterattack you and stop you from using all your moves? Because I noticed the characters will just kind of stand there forever if I don't use up all my...bars or whatever they're called.

Also what about the whole "do you want to heal" thing after some battles? Do you build up Points and transfer them over to your next battle maybe? It gave me the choice to heal after battle or not so I would guess maybe rationing is important or something and I shouldn't waste it on healing.