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Fate/Extra cover artvsFire Emblem: Awakening cover art

Fate/ExtravsFire Emblem: Awakening

Fate/Extra leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Fire Emblem: Awakening leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Fate/ExtraFire Emblem: Awakening

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Fire Emblem: Awakening leans harder on execution: No twitch elements; pair-up placement is the only spatial decision under time

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

Fire Emblem: Awakening leans harder on optimization: Marriage pairings and Second Seal reclass chains are the optimization spine

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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Fire Emblem: Awakening