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Fire Emblem cover artvsFootball Manager 2022 cover art

Fire EmblemvsFootball Manager 2022

Fire Emblem leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Football Manager 2022 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Fire EmblemFootball Manager 2022

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Fire Emblem leans harder on execution: no real-time physical skill, turn-based

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Football Manager 2022 leans harder on variance: Match engine randomness and hidden attributes cloud every decision

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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