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Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition cover artvsPokémon LeafGreen Version cover art

Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced EditionvsPokémon LeafGreen Version

Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pokémon LeafGreen Version leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced EditionPokémon LeafGreen Version

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 4

Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition leans harder on variance: D&D dice rolls drive outcomes

Optimization8 vs 7

Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition leans harder on optimization: deep party build and itemization optimization

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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Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition

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Pokémon LeafGreen Version