Hey, I finally caved & started to play, too...So far I've noticed some small differences that I didn't see in the first 8 pages of this thread (I stopped reading because I sorta wanted to experience it for myself)...like equipment now has descriptions (hey, more stuff to add to the Compendium's Encyclopedia entries, hooray?)...as well as Techs (or did they originally? I forget)...
And one thing that sorta bugged me was that as soon as Crono woke up, I tried to do my usual CT start-up routine where I say 'screw you' to Crono's mom, shut the curtains and go back into bed...only to find...I couldn't get back into the bed! *shock* It's a whole new world, people! Is nothing's holy!?!