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Would Chrono Cross been much better received if the game was developed as a Final Fantasy-style sequel instead of a "same-world" sequel?

I actually liked Chrono Cross for what it is, but I won't deny there were plot problems that could have been resolved by not connecting it directly to what was accomplished in Chrono Trigger.

The world of El Nido and the concept of interdimensional time(line) travel should have been enough. Serge finds out he dies in another world, journeys to find the cause alongside a hot blonde and a SMALL team of friends across two worlds and eventually stumbles into a "destroy the world" conspiracy plot. That should have been it, no mentions of interstellar space parasites or great Xanatos gambits by ancient sages or even "lizard-men were right we suck" story contrivances that were holdovers from a previous game.

Just a game that references Heckrans (like Chocobos) and a different type of time-travel, that was all we needed to consider it a Chrono game.