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Persona 3 Portable cover artvsZork III: The Dungeon Master cover art

Persona 3 PortablevsZork III: The Dungeon Master

Persona 3 Portable leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Zork III: The Dungeon Master leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Persona 3 PortableZork III: The Dungeon Master

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

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.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Zork III: The Dungeon Master