I've never, ever, ever, ever understood the hate for Chrono Cross. It was the first Playstation RPG I ever bought (just after buying my first PS2 (never owned a PSX)) and I loved the hell out of it, so much that I played it twice (Had never before and have never again done this with an RPG before, Grandia 2 almost got me, but the ending is so bad I couldn't). The soundtrack is fantastic, the art style is neat, the multitude of characters you could get was fun and I really enjoyed giving each character a try (little space alien guy ruled), the battle system was fun, and the story was good but not great (felt kind of like they were just beating you over the head before the end).
I dunno. I love Chrono Cross, and I've been dying to play it again, but don't have the means to do so.