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Microsoft MinesweepervsPersona 3 Portable

Microsoft Minesweeper leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Persona 3 Portable leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Microsoft MinesweeperPersona 3 Portable

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Microsoft Minesweeper leans harder on execution: Click speed only matters for leaderboard times

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 4

Microsoft Minesweeper leans harder on variance: Mine placement is hidden information forcing occasional pure guesses

Optimization7 vs 8

Persona 3 Portable leans harder on optimization: Calendar scheduling and persona fusion form a solvable system

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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Persona 3 Portable