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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Totally Accurate Battle Simulator leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to InfinityTotally Accurate Battle Simulator

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.

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator leans harder on optimization: Unit counters and placement solve each scenario

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: Gates to Infinity

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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator