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No Case Should Remain Unsolved cover artvsPersona 3 Portable cover art

No Case Should Remain UnsolvedvsPersona 3 Portable

No Case Should Remain Unsolved leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 3 Portable leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
No Case Should Remain UnsolvedPersona 3 Portable

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Persona 3 Portable leans harder on execution: Menu-driven combat needs no physical skill

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 4

No Case Should Remain Unsolved leans harder on variance: The truth is hidden information assembled piece by piece

Optimization8 vs 8

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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No Case Should Remain Unsolved

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Persona 3 Portable