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Fire Emblem: Three Houses cover artvsSolasta: Crown of the Magister cover art

Fire Emblem: Three HousesvsSolasta: Crown of the Magister

Fire Emblem: Three Houses leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Solasta: Crown of the Magister leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Fire Emblem: Three HousesSolasta: Crown of the Magister

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Solasta: Crown of the Magister leans harder on execution: D&D 5E turn-based rules fully automate dice; no twitch exists

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Solasta: Crown of the Magister leans harder on variance: Roll randomness and hidden enemy positions add unknowns to each encounter

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: Three Houses

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Solasta: Crown of the Magister