I liked CC more. But that maybe because of my play style. Quick, Careless and of course...insane amounts of damage. Xenogears was awesome no doubt but due to the slow pace of the game its hard for me to replay it. You can be careless all you want in the game though but I couldn't deal my insane amounts of damage(new game + fools!).

Cross just had my pace and play style down so I could get into and have more fun even on multiple play throughs. Xenogears I have trouble doing that the second time through because I already know the story so I drift to another game due to the slow pace.