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Final Fantasy XV cover artvsForbidden Siren 2 cover art

Final Fantasy XVvsForbidden Siren 2

Final Fantasy XV leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Forbidden Siren 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Final Fantasy XVForbidden Siren 2

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Final Fantasy XV leans harder on execution: Real-time combat, modest input demand

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Forbidden Siren 2 leans harder on variance: Enemy positions are hidden information until sightjacked

Optimization6 vs 6

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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