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Child of Light cover artvsLegend of Legaia cover art

Child of LightvsLegend of Legaia

Child of Light leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Legend of Legaia leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Child of LightLegend of Legaia

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Legend of Legaia leans harder on variance: Hidden Art combinations discovered by experiment.

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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Child of Light

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Legend of Legaia