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Dragon Age: OriginsvsFire Emblem: Three Houses

Dragon Age: Origins leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Dragon Age: OriginsFire Emblem: Three Houses

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Dragon Age: Origins leans harder on execution: Tactical pause combat, low input demand

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Dragon Age: Origins

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses