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Fire Emblem cover artvsPersona 5 Royal cover art

Fire EmblemvsPersona 5 Royal

Fire Emblem leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 5 Royal leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Fire EmblemPersona 5 Royal

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Fire Emblem leans harder on variance: hit chance rolls are heavily randomized

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

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Persona 5 Royal