head to head
Pokémon Super Mystery DungeonvsTotally Accurate Battle Simulator
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Totally Accurate Battle Simulator leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Pokémon Super Mystery DungeonTotally 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.
Variance6 vs 5
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon leans harder on variance: Random dungeon layouts, items and encounters every run
Optimization7 vs 7
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.

