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Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords cover artvsPersona 5 Royal cover art

Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith LordsvsPersona 5 Royal

Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 5 Royal leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords leans harder on execution: Pseudo-turn-based d20 system makes twitch irrelevant throughout

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords leans harder on variance: Influence thresholds and hidden stat distributions create first-play unknowns

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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