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Pokémon Super Mystery DungeonvsTotally Accurate Battle Simulator

Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Totally Accurate Battle Simulator leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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.

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Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon

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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator