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ABZÛ cover artvsTales from the Borderlands cover art

ABZÛvsTales from the Borderlands

ABZÛ leans Execution (Light / Casual); Tales from the Borderlands leans Variance (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION1 /10
ABZÛTales from the Borderlands

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Tales from the Borderlands leans harder on variance: Story branches are unknown until chosen

Optimization1 vs 1

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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ABZÛ

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Tales from the Borderlands