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Baldur's Gate cover artvsPersona 4 cover art

Baldur's GatevsPersona 4

Baldur's Gate leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Baldur's GatePersona 4

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Baldur's Gate leans harder on execution: Pause-and-play needs minimal dexterity.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 4

Baldur's Gate leans harder on variance: AD&D dice rolls throughout.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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