T Rod you said it. I don't see how CC is a sequal because it basically has nothing to do with CT. I have never played it but watched walkthroughs and read multiple reviews from gamefaqs.com and while it looks fun I would be lying to myself by saying it's a true sequal. CT makes me more open to Time Travel and learning about time and space.
Well, first of all, if you had played CC, you wouldn't be saying that. How in the hell is "20 years after the events in Chrono Trigger" not a direct sequel to the game? It even directly refers to characters from CT, and for God's sake, Schala is in it! There is plenty of proof in the game that proves that it is indeed a direct sequel to CT (Not to mention the fact that SE SAID IT WAS).
Anyone who is claiming it as not a sequel, is simply butthurt that Crono and the gang are not the playable characters, or the fact that time traveling was not involved.
I, for one, am glad that the old crew wasn't involved in another adventure, and I embraced every moment of CC (Though I would be lying if I said I wasn't shocked time traveling was not involved), and found it worth every single cent I paid for, and more. In fact, I bought it on the release date, and it still has enough replay value to continue playing it today (I just went through it again about a month ago).
Cross owns, it's one of the best RPG's for the PS1, and certainly on a top 20 of my favorite RPGs of all time.