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Circle of Blood cover artvsKen Follett's The Pillars of the Earth cover art

Circle of BloodvsKen Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

Circle of Blood leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Circle of BloodKen Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth leans harder on variance: Choice outcomes are unknown on a first playthrough

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Circle of Blood

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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth