Which has a better story? Xenogears
Which has a better setting? Xenogears
Which has more interesting characters? Final Fantasy 7
Which has better character design? Final Fantasy 7 ...I think...
Which has better gameplay? Final Fantasy 7 The mini-games are better, combat moves faster, boss fights aren't spent charging up your lazor. FF7 eventually gives you the world map while Xenogears kinda takes it away from you.
Which was more repetitive? Xenogears Rarely do you have to grind in FF7 for anything save for master materia, Xenogears you gotta grind out your combo attacks, sometimes for what feels like eternity until they pop up.
Which has a better sound track? Final Fantasy 7
Which aged better? Xenogears, because I'll take heavily pixelated 2D sprites on murky 3D backgrounds over Lego men on prerenders any day.
Which had a good legacy? Neither. The best thing that sprang from FF7 was a cameo in FF Tactics. Other games may put Xeno in their titles, but they aren't related at all IMO.
Which was the better game overall? Final Fantasy 7
This was really tough, as I love both games. And Billy Lee Black is still one of my favorite RPG characters.
