Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace cover art

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Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace

Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.

Matched first against: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical - then ranked by cheat-test profile.

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10

12 games like Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace

A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Middle-earth: Shadow of War cover art
Middle-earth: Shadow of WarPracticed Mastery · open-world action

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Otherwise the profiles match closely.

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Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories cover art
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of MemoriesPracticed Mastery · card-based action RPG

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Otherwise the profiles match closely.

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain cover art
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainPracticed Mastery · stealth sandbox

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 2) - Guards adapt loadouts across missions, light modeling.

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Borderlands cover art
BorderlandsPracticed Mastery · looter shooter

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - Bandits and skags are scripted

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Warframe cover art
WarframePure Optimization · looter shooter

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: variance (4 vs 5) - Relic cracking and mod drop RNG dominate progression

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl cover art
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of ChernobylPracticed Mastery · survival FPS

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: variance (4 vs 5) - Anomalies, mutant spawns, and artifact RNG hide information

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Starfield cover art
StarfieldPracticed Mastery · space RPG

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: variance (4 vs 3) - Procedural planets, loot variance

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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands cover art
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon WildlandsPracticed Mastery · open-world tactical shooter

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: variance (4 vs 3) - Patrol spawns and reinforcements add mild unpredictability

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The Evil Within 2 cover art
The Evil Within 2Practiced Mastery · survival horror shooter

Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 6) - Open-zone combat demands solid aim and positioning

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Cult of the Lamb cover art
Cult of the LambPure Optimization · roguelite management

Both lean on variance about the same (4 vs 4). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 4) - Roguelite combat needs decent dodges.

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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow cover art
Castlevania: Aria of SorrowPure Optimization · metroidvania RPG

Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 4) - Modest action timing

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Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night cover art
Bloodstained: Ritual of the NightPure Optimization · metroidvania RPG

Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 4) - Action combat with modest demands

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Game details

Released
2008
Developer
Capcom
Franchise
Mega Man
Platforms
NDS
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
IGDB users
89/100
Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTacticalAdventureActionScience fiction