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Centurion: Defender of Rome cover artvsPlanescape: Torment cover art

Centurion: Defender of RomevsPlanescape: Torment

Centurion: Defender of Rome leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Planescape: Torment leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Centurion: Defender of RomePlanescape: Torment

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.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Centurion: Defender of Rome leans harder on optimization: Provincial economy, taxation and legion deployment are solvable systems

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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Centurion: Defender of Rome

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Planescape: Torment