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A Plague Tale: Requiem cover artvsFinal Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition cover art

A Plague Tale: RequiemvsFinal Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition

A Plague Tale: Requiem leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
A Plague Tale: RequiemFinal Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

A Plague Tale: Requiem leans harder on execution: Stealth, aim, and crafting under pressure.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

A Plague Tale: Requiem leans harder on variance: Minor encounter variability.

Optimization5 vs 5

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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A Plague Tale: Requiem

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Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition