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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona cover artvsStardew Valley cover art

Shin Megami Tensei: PersonavsStardew Valley

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Stardew Valley leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona leans harder on reads: no adaptive human opponent, AI enemies only

Variance3 vs 3

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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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona

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Stardew Valley