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Diablo ImmortalvsFire Emblem: Awakening

Diablo Immortal leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Fire Emblem: Awakening leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 2

Diablo Immortal leans harder on execution: Touch-friendly combat with dodge timing

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 5

Diablo Immortal leans harder on variance: Legendary gem and loot RNG, heavily monetized

Optimization8 vs 8

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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