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Emily is AwayvsKen Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Emily is Away leans Variance (Light / Casual); Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth leans Optimization (Light / Casual).
Emily is AwayKen Follett's The Pillars of the Earth
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth leans harder on execution: Point-and-click input has no physical ceiling
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 2
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization2 vs 3
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth leans harder on optimization: Puzzles are sparse and single-solution
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.