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DarksidersvsFinal Fantasy Type-0 HD

Darksiders leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Final Fantasy Type-0 HD leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
DarksidersFinal Fantasy Type-0 HD

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD leans harder on variance: drop rates and crit randomness

Optimization6 vs 7

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD leans harder on optimization: class/party and mission-routing optimization

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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