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Persona 5 cover artvsPlanescape: Torment cover art

Persona 5vsPlanescape: Torment

Persona 5 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Planescape: Torment leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Persona 5Planescape: Torment

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Planescape: Torment leans harder on reads: NPCs are scripted personalities; no adaptive opponent exists

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Persona 5 leans harder on optimization: Confidant calendar routing and baton-pass weakness chains

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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Planescape: Torment