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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky cover artvsThe Final Fantasy Legend cover art

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of SkyvsThe Final Fantasy Legend

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Final Fantasy Legend leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of SkyThe Final Fantasy Legend

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 6

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

The Final Fantasy Legend leans harder on optimization: Party class choices and gear economy are solvable.

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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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

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The Final Fantasy Legend