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Final Fantasy Type-0 HD cover artvsMagicka cover art

Final Fantasy Type-0 HDvsMagicka

Final Fantasy Type-0 HD leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Magicka leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Final Fantasy Type-0 HDMagicka

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Magicka leans harder on reads: Enemies are scripted; friendly fire isn't adaptive

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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 Type-0 HD

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