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Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar cover artvsMarvel's Guardians of the Galaxy cover art

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: HillsfarvsMarvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar leans harder on variance: Quest assignments and maze contents are hidden until explored

Optimization5 vs 4

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Hillsfar leans harder on optimization: Class-based quest routing and maze memorization are solvable

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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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy