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Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories cover artvsFire Emblem: Three Houses cover art

Disgaea 2: Cursed MemoriesvsFire Emblem: Three Houses

Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Disgaea 2: Cursed MemoriesFire Emblem: Three Houses

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans harder on execution: Menu-driven, no mechanical bar

Reads0 vs 1

Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans harder on reads: AI follows fixed aggression rules

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 9

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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Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses