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Persona 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together leans harder on execution: Turn-based grid; no timing inputs

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 9

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together leans harder on optimization: Class, crest, and weapon skill routing are among the deepest in the genre

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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