Ever since Crisis Core came out, people have been jerking on Zack's Buster Sword without end. My only answer for this is that people enjoyed how smiley happy he was while Cloud was a gloomy gus.

Only he was just like that in the movie. In FFVII he was a well-written protagonist with probably the most fascinating background in FF history.

I have never understood Zack's popularity and I want to see now if it is as great as i think it is. Who do you like more as a character, Cloud Strife or Zack Fair?

note:
Vincent Valentine is a contender too but most people hate his game so I doubt he'd get any votes. Hence it's just Cloud vs. Zack.