That is a really tough call because they are both epic games.... And I love them both.
However if you liked Final Fantasy 1 to 10 with turn based-fighting. This would to be be the better choice. I to this day think that Square should have left FF with turn-based fights as it was and never gone to the action-based system that ultimately ruined the series. Well for me it ruined it. They could have made new IP's with action-based fight systems.
If you like action-based fighting then go Xenoblade. The story is overall more start to finish in line and makes for a nicer feel. The one thing I dislike in this game is getting the rare blades is painful and annoying
Me I'm really a turned based person so overall I like Octopath more for that. But I like a good complete story so Xenoblade is better for that!
