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Dragon Warrior cover artvsPersona 4 Golden cover art

Dragon WarriorvsPersona 4 Golden

Dragon Warrior leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 4 Golden leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dragon WarriorPersona 4 Golden

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Dragon Warrior leans harder on variance: random encounters and drop rates

Optimization7 vs 8

Persona 4 Golden leans harder on optimization: Persona fusion and calendar routing rewarded

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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