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Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura cover artvsUnderrail cover art

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Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Underrail leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick ObscuraUnderrail

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Underrail leans harder on execution: Real-time combat phases require some positioning and grenade timing

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 10

Underrail leans harder on optimization: Psi build stacking and crafting specialization are theorycrafted to near-broken limits

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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