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Persona 3 FES cover artvsWizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge cover art

Persona 3 FESvsWizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

Persona 3 FES leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Persona 3 FESWizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

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.

Variance4 vs 5

Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge leans harder on variance: Brutal dice rolls, hidden traps, unknowable item effects.

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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Persona 3 FES

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Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge