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Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles cover artvsFire Emblem: Three Houses cover art

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice ChroniclesvsFire Emblem: Three Houses

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice ChroniclesFire Emblem: Three Houses

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.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 9

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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Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses