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Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker cover artvsPersona 5 cover art

Dragon Quest Monsters: JokervsPersona 5

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 5 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Dragon Quest Monsters: JokerPersona 5

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

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

Reads1 vs 0

Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker leans harder on reads: Wifi PvP existed but was peripheral

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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