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Final Fantasy XIII cover artvsSword Art Online: Hollow Fragment cover art

Final Fantasy XIIIvsSword Art Online: Hollow Fragment

Final Fantasy XIII leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Final Fantasy XIIISword Art Online: Hollow Fragment

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment leans harder on execution: Real-time combat is mostly cooldown management, light reflexes

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment leans harder on variance: Drop rates and hollow area encounters add grind randomness

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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Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment