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Koudelka cover artvsPersona 4 cover art

KoudelkavsPersona 4

Koudelka leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
KoudelkaPersona 4

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Koudelka leans harder on execution: Turn-based grid combat, no dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

Persona 4 leans harder on optimization: Social link scheduling and weakness-exploit planning

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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