Can't agree enough. My brother and I played through Chrono Cross together and that's honestly the only reason we even finished it.

It's tenuously connected to Chrono Trigger at best and those plot points are terribly written anyway. Combat is mediocre, the element system is annoying, and there's so many characters that only a couple of them get any screentime.

If you enjoyed CT, don't play CC; you'll almost certainly be disappointed.