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Fable III cover artvsNaughty Bear cover art

Fable IIIvsNaughty Bear

Fable III leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Naughty Bear leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Fable IIINaughty Bear

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Naughty Bear leans harder on variance: Bear patrols add mild unpredictability per attempt

Optimization6 vs 7

Naughty Bear leans harder on optimization: Maximising scare-point combos per level is a solvable puzzle

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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Fable III

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Naughty Bear