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Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia cover artvsThis Is the Police 2 cover art

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of ValentiavsThis Is the Police 2

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); This Is the Police 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of ValentiaThis Is the Police 2

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

This Is the Police 2 leans harder on reads: Story actors and criminals are scripted

Variance4 vs 5

This Is the Police 2 leans harder on variance: Call outcomes and officer quirks roll unpredictably

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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Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

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This Is the Police 2