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Star Ocean: The Second Story R cover artvsThe Legend of Dragoon cover art

Star Ocean: The Second Story RvsThe Legend of Dragoon

Star Ocean: The Second Story R leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Legend of Dragoon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Star Ocean: The Second Story RThe Legend of Dragoon

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Star Ocean: The Second Story R

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The Legend of Dragoon