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Star Ocean: Till the End of Time cover artvsTransistor cover art

Star Ocean: Till the End of TimevsTransistor

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Transistor leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Star Ocean: Till the End of TimeTransistor

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Star Ocean: Till the End of Time leans harder on execution: Real-time dodging, cancels, and fury management.

Reads0 vs 1

Transistor leans harder on reads: Process enemies follow scripts.

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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