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Baldur's Gate cover artvsOgre Battle 64 cover art

Baldur's GatevsOgre Battle 64

Baldur's Gate leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Ogre Battle 64 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Baldur's GateOgre Battle 64

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 4

Baldur's Gate leans harder on variance: AD&D dice rolls throughout.

Optimization8 vs 9

Ogre Battle 64 leans harder on optimization: Unit class configuration, formation, and alignment routing are the dominant system

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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