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Disco Elysium cover artvsFire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia cover art

Disco ElysiumvsFire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Disco Elysium leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia leans harder on execution: Turn-based menus only

Reads1 vs 0

Disco Elysium leans harder on reads: Dialogue partners are scripted, not modeling you

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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