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Digimon Story: Time Stranger cover artvsFire Emblem: Three Houses cover art

Digimon Story: Time StrangervsFire Emblem: Three Houses

Digimon Story: Time Stranger leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Digimon Story: Time StrangerFire Emblem: Three Houses

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

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

Optimization8 vs 9

Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans harder on optimization: Class routing and build planning dominates

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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Digimon Story: Time Stranger

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses