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Bastion cover artvsKing's Field II cover art

BastionvsKing's Field II

Bastion leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); King's Field II leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
BastionKing's Field II

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

King's Field II leans harder on optimization: Routing the open dungeon and stat-building is the real game

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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