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Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Plants vs. Zombies leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Fire Emblem: Three HousesPlants vs. Zombies

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans harder on reads: AI follows fixed aggression rules

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 8

Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans harder on optimization: Class routing and build planning dominates

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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Plants vs. Zombies