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Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Oxygen Not Included leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION10 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn leans harder on execution: Pause-and-plan removes twitch entirely; micro-placement has marginal value

Reads1 vs 0

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn leans harder on reads: Enemies run scripted behaviour patterns, never modelling your tactics

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization10 vs 10

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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