I liked the game though I've never actually gotten around to beating it. I thought the battle system was pretty good, and the world itself was cool to explore, but lack of any really compelling characters drags it down a few notches for me. There was just so little character development that I didn't really care about most of my characters, which also hurts the story a bit for me. I think the game would have been better served by having about half as many characters and developing them all better. I certainly couldn't put this ahead of Chrono Trigger, since CT was a more unique and creative experience when it was released than this game turned out to be. CC's still great though.