head to head
vs
Persona 4vsSacred 2: Fallen Angel
Persona 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sacred 2: Fallen Angel leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Persona 4Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
Axis by axis
Execution1 vs 2
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel leans harder on execution: Forgiving real-time combat
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 5
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel leans harder on variance: Huge random loot pools across an enormous world
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.