head to head

Dawn of Discovery cover artvsFire Emblem: Three Houses cover art

Dawn of DiscoveryvsFire Emblem: Three Houses

Dawn of Discovery leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Dawn of DiscoveryFire Emblem: Three Houses

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Dawn of Discovery leans harder on execution: Pausable building keeps hands out of the equation

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans harder on variance: Hit rates and crit RNG affect runs

Optimization9 vs 9

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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