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Front Mission 1st: Remake cover artvsKnights of the Old Republic cover art

Front Mission 1st: RemakevsKnights of the Old Republic

Front Mission 1st: Remake leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Knights of the Old Republic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 4

Front Mission 1st: Remake leans harder on variance: Hit rates and shield proc randomness create meaningful combat variance

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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