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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII cover artvsVampyr cover art

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIIIvsVampyr

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Vampyr leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Vampyr leans harder on execution: Dodge-and-stamina melee combat with modest demands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII leans harder on optimization: World-clock scheduling and schemata builds dominate

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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