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Disciples II: Dark Prophecy cover artvsPlanescape: Torment cover art

Disciples II: Dark ProphecyvsPlanescape: Torment

Disciples II: Dark Prophecy leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Planescape: Torment leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Disciples II: Dark ProphecyPlanescape: Torment

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Planescape: Torment leans harder on execution: Combat is deemphasised; the game is built to be avoided or trivial

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

Disciples II: Dark Prophecy leans harder on optimization: Unit upgrade paths and stack-versus-stack math decide everything

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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Disciples II: Dark Prophecy

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Planescape: Torment