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Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered cover artvsShenmue cover art

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy RemasteredvsShenmue

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Shenmue leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy RemasteredShenmue

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Shenmue leans harder on variance: First playthrough leans on not knowing schedules and clues

Optimization4 vs 5

Shenmue leans harder on optimization: Clue order, NPC schedules, and move training are fully mappable

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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