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DREDGEvsYo-Kai Watch 2: Psychic Specters

DREDGE leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Yo-Kai Watch 2: Psychic Specters leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

DREDGE leans harder on execution: Fishing minigames and night dodging, light demands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Yo-Kai Watch 2: Psychic Specters leans harder on optimization: team building, leveling, item fusion

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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