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Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor cover artvsFallout: New Vegas cover art

Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth DrannorvsFallout: New Vegas

Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth DrannorFallout: New Vegas

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Fallout: New Vegas leans harder on execution: Shooter inputs with VATS assist

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor leans harder on variance: AD&D dice rolls add randomness

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Eye of the Beholder III: Assault on Myth Drannor

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Fallout: New Vegas