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Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn cover artvsKnights of the Old Republic cover art

Fire Emblem: Radiant DawnvsKnights of the Old Republic

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Knights of the Old Republic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Fire Emblem: Radiant DawnKnights of the Old Republic

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Knights of the Old Republic leans harder on execution: Pseudo-turn-based d20 combat removes all twitch; timing aids exist but minor

Reads0 vs 1

Knights of the Old Republic leans harder on reads: All enemies follow scripted AI behaviour trees without player modelling

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 9

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: Radiant Dawn

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Knights of the Old Republic