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Digimon Survive cover artvsPersona 5 cover art

Digimon SurvivevsPersona 5

Digimon Survive leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 5 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Digimon SurvivePersona 5

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Persona 5 leans harder on execution: Stylish menus, not reflexes

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

Persona 5 leans harder on optimization: Confidant calendar routing and baton-pass weakness chains

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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