I played both shortly after their heyday. I got a second-hand SNES in like '96? Maybe '97. I think I even played them both in tandem. I got it over the summer and spent a couple months playing FFIV and attempting Secret of Mana and Super Mario RPG (didn't finish either of those), and then started FFVI and got CT that Christmas to round out my collection

I never finished CT either. I was over the whole silent protagonist thing. I hated the world map. The main characters were interesting, but nothing about them or the story really gripped me other than my love of Frog, but he couldn't carry the game for me. The gameplay to me was just alright, it seemed a little experimental to me though. I guess a lot of people like it for being untraditional. I don't necessarily like traditional battle systems simply for being traditional, but it's generally one of the better ways to go, as I did not like Super Mario RPG's participating battle thing. I guess it's because I don't really like encounters, and being forced to actively participate in them annoys me lol

The music was great in both, but CT just never drew me in other than that. I didn't find any aspect of it compelling. The plot was so disjolted by time travel I have trouble even recalling if there was much plot at all. But then, I haven't played the game since. And I've played FFVI a few times since. So it's possible the game just didn't jive with me as a juvenile and I may appreciate it more now as an adult. Obviously I missed out on a LOT. So I'm certainly not going to pretend that my opinion is definitive, since it is FAR from being an informed opinion. So I can't honestly say which is better. But I guess I prefer (or at least preferred?) Final Fantasy VI