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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive cover artvsOrcs Must Die! cover art

Desperados: Wanted Dead or AlivevsOrcs Must Die!

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Orcs Must Die! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
Desperados: Wanted Dead or AliveOrcs Must Die!

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

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.

Optimization9 vs 8

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive leans harder on optimization: Optimal takedown sequencing solves each western vignette

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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Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive

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Orcs Must Die!