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Persona 3 Portable cover artvsPolice Quest II: The Vengeance cover art

Persona 3 PortablevsPolice Quest II: The Vengeance

Persona 3 Portable leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Police Quest II: The Vengeance leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Persona 3 PortablePolice Quest II: The Vengeance

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 3

Persona 3 Portable leans harder on variance: Tartarus layouts and fusion results carry randomness

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 Portable

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Police Quest II: The Vengeance