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Disco Elysium: The Final Cut cover artvsPokémon Quest cover art

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Disco Elysium: The Final Cut leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Pokémon Quest leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Pokémon Quest leans harder on execution: Auto-battling needs only occasional taps

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Pokémon Quest leans harder on optimization: Power stone loadouts and team stats decide expeditions

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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