I'm so desperate to play it.

So I recently watched Marvel Loki tv series, and it reminded me of this game in a way. Now this game had somewhat of a convoluted story, so I didn't fully understand, unlike the first game. So help me understand this in Marvel terms. From my understanding the original Chrono Trigger is like the Sacred Timeline, and Chrono Cross is now like a branch extending out of the sacred timeline, is this correct? The original game Chrono Trigger had multiple endings, did each one created a new timeline? In the DS...

I'm a huge Chrono Trigger fan. But I never had the chance of playing Chrono Cross. Suffice to say, I was very disappointed when I heard that this port is more or less a mixed bag. However, I heard there are a couple of mods out there to polish some things (like backgrounds). Are there any mod recommendations, especially in terms of graphic upscaling and better performance in general?...

Before anyone new starts playing this censored game in Chrono cross: radical dreamers edition. what are the total sum of changes from the OG titles to the remakes. posting side by side comparison images would be very much be welcome here.

Please, Square!?!?!