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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team cover artvsThe Colonel's Bequest cover art

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue TeamvsThe Colonel's Bequest

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); The Colonel's Bequest leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue TeamThe Colonel's Bequest

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.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team

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The Colonel's Bequest