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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cover artvsFinal Fantasy XIV cover art

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33vsFinal Fantasy XIV

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Final Fantasy XIV leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Final Fantasy XIV

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Final Fantasy XIV leans harder on reads: Bosses follow fixed scripted timelines

Variance2 vs 1

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leans harder on variance: Some unknown attack strings on first encounter

Optimization8 vs 9

Final Fantasy XIV leans harder on optimization: Rotations and raid solves are theorycraft puzzles

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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