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Persona 5 cover artvsPokémon Y cover art

Persona 5vsPokémon Y

Persona 5 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pokémon Y leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Persona 5Pokémon Y

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Persona 5 leans harder on execution: Stylish menus, not reflexes

Reads0 vs 1

Pokémon Y leans harder on reads: Campaign trainers are scripted; online play is a separate pursuit

Variance3 vs 3

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 5

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Pokémon Y