Pokemon Omega Ruby cover art

Pokemon Omega Ruby

The 3DS remake of Hoenn with Mega Evolutions, soaring traversal, and the Delta Episode.

Here's the argument for where this game sits - disagree freely.
Match your experience?
EXECUTION0 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10

the cheat-test profile

The four axes - the argument

Each axis is rated on its own - how far one cheat would trivialize the game here. They don't trade off; low on all four means the game is an experience, not a contest.

  1. Execution

    cheat: Aimbot - perfect inputs

    0/10

    Turn-based combat only

  2. Reads

    cheat: Out-predict an adaptive opponent

    2/10

    Fixed trainer AI; competitive scene optional

  3. Variance

    cheat: See what's hidden / map the RNG

    3/10

    DexNav encounters and catch RNG

  4. Optimization

    cheat: A perfect solver / coach

    8/10

    Team building and the Delta Episode reward planning

How to read this

Each axis is named by the cheat that would break the game along it. Execution is the hands. Reads is out-thinking an adaptive opponent. Variance is hidden information & RNG. Optimization is the solvable systems layer. A game's region is the top one or two axes.

These four aren't one rating split four ways - they're independent 0-10 questions. A 9 on one axis takes nothing from the others, and a game low on all four isn't missing data: it's telling you there's no skill here to cheat.

The basis is how the majority actually plays this game - not a niche mode or a personal run. For a game with very different modes (a story campaign versus ranked multiplayer), that's the version most people mean.

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Game details

Released
2014
Developer
Game Freak
Franchise
Pokémon
Platforms
3DS
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
IGDB critics
81/100
IGDB users
82/100
Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)AdventureActionFantasyScience fiction