Head to head
Which one will break you first?
Two fingerprints on one grid. Both are scored through your profile, so this answers the question for you rather than for the average player.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is the harder of the two for you, by 1.4 points. The gap is widest on strategy, where Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition asks considerably more than Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. If you want the gentler run, start with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth.
Axis by axis, biggest gap first
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
The combat asks for the same real-time-and-menus juggling as Remake with more party members to hold in your head, and the length is the real demand — the map is full of optional systems that each want teaching.
Real resistance. Expect to work for it.
AGE OF EMPIRES II: DEFINITIVE EDITION
Build orders are the curve, and the campaigns teach almost none of what the game actually asks for. The hard AI does not forget its economy while it fights.
Sustained pressure. Progress is earned.