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Fable III cover artvsQ.U.B.E: Director's Cut cover art

Fable IIIvsQ.U.B.E: Director's Cut

Fable III leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Fable IIIQ.U.B.E: Director's Cut

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 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut leans harder on optimization: Deducing each cube mechanism's solution is the entire game

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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Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut