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Child of Light cover artvsPersona 5 cover art

Child of LightvsPersona 5

Child of Light leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 5 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Child of LightPersona 5

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Child of Light leans harder on execution: Timeline interrupts need only light timing

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

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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