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Ogre Battle 64 cover artvsPersona 4 cover art

Ogre Battle 64vsPersona 4

Ogre Battle 64 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Persona 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Ogre Battle 64Persona 4

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Ogre Battle 64 leans harder on execution: Real-time unit marching is automatic; player input minimal

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 8

Ogre Battle 64 leans harder on optimization: Unit class configuration, formation, and alignment routing are the dominant 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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