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PokéRoguevsYu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories

PokéRogue leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE7 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

PokéRogue leans harder on execution: Menu battling has no physical component

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance7 vs 7

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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