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Inazuma Eleven 2: Firestorm cover artvsPersona 4 Golden cover art

Inazuma Eleven 2: FirestormvsPersona 4 Golden

Inazuma Eleven 2: Firestorm leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 4 Golden leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Inazuma Eleven 2: FirestormPersona 4 Golden

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Inazuma Eleven 2: Firestorm leans harder on execution: Stylus commands need little precision in slowed-down matches

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

Persona 4 Golden leans harder on optimization: Persona fusion and calendar routing rewarded

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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Inazuma Eleven 2: Firestorm

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Persona 4 Golden