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Tales of Berseria cover artvsYs VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA cover art

Tales of BerseriavsYs VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

Tales of Berseria leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Tales of BerseriaYs VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA leans harder on execution: Flash-guard timing and fast party-swap combos reward tight inputs

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Tales of Berseria leans harder on optimization: Soul Gauge and Break Soul management form the optimisation layer

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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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA