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King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow cover artvsPersona 3 Portable cover art

King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone TomorrowvsPersona 3 Portable

King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 3 Portable leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone TomorrowPersona 3 Portable

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Persona 3 Portable leans harder on variance: Tartarus layouts and fusion results carry randomness

Optimization8 vs 8

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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