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Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm cover artvsPersona 5 cover art

Atelier Iris 3: Grand PhantasmvsPersona 5

Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 5 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Atelier Iris 3: Grand PhantasmPersona 5

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Persona 5 leans harder on variance: Fusion alerts and negotiation rolls

Optimization7 vs 8

Persona 5 leans harder on optimization: Confidant calendar routing and baton-pass weakness chains

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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Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm

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Persona 5