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Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret HideoutvsXenoblade Chronicles 2
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Xenoblade Chronicles 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret HideoutXenoblade Chronicles 2
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 4
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout leans harder on variance: Alchemy recipe trait rolls and material quality add substantial RNG
Optimization9 vs 8
Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout leans harder on optimization: Alchemy tree routing, material quality stacking, and recipe chaining form the core solve
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.