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Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Torchlight II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost OceanTorchlight II

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

Torchlight II leans harder on optimization: Skill trees and gear synergies decide character power

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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