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Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest cover artvsPersona 5 Royal cover art

Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic QuestvsPersona 5 Royal

Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 5 Royal leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic QuestPersona 5 Royal

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 1

Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest leans harder on reads: human opponents can be out-maneuvered strategically

Variance4 vs 3

Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest leans harder on variance: combat rolls and map resource randomness

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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Persona 5 Royal