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Gods Will Be Watching cover artvsPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky cover art

Gods Will Be WatchingvsPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

Gods Will Be Watching leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Gods Will Be WatchingPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky leans harder on execution: Turn-based; no dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 6

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky leans harder on variance: Random floors and item luck, cushioned by forgiving design

Optimization7 vs 7

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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