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Final Fantasy Tactics leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Plague Inc: Evolved leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION10 /10
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Execution2 vs 1

Final Fantasy Tactics leans harder on execution: No twitch; CT-tick positioning demands spatial planning only

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization10 vs 9

Final Fantasy Tactics leans harder on optimization: Job mastery, ability stacking, and CT manipulation are near-perfectly solvable

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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