head to head
vs
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33vsPersona 5 Royal
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Persona 5 Royal leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Persona 5 Royal
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 1
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leans harder on execution: Parry and dodge timing inside turn-based combat
Reads0 vs 1
Persona 5 Royal leans harder on reads: Enemies use scripted weakness AI; not adaptive.
Variance2 vs 3
Persona 5 Royal leans harder on variance: Shuffle time, fusion accidents, and crit rolls.
Optimization8 vs 9
Persona 5 Royal leans harder on optimization: Calendar routing, fusion, and confidant order are deeply solvable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.