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Crystal of Atlan cover artvsUndertale cover art

Crystal of AtlanvsUndertale

Crystal of Atlan leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Undertale leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Crystal of AtlanUndertale

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Crystal of Atlan leans harder on execution: Combo execution in action combat matters but forgives

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Crystal of Atlan leans harder on variance: Gear drops gate progression behind RNG

Optimization7 vs 7

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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