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

