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Madoka Magica Magia ExedravsPersona 4

Madoka Magica Magia Exedra leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Persona 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Madoka Magica Magia ExedraPersona 4

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.

Variance5 vs 4

Madoka Magica Magia Exedra leans harder on variance: Gacha pulls gate which characters you optimise around

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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