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Fable III cover artvsStranger Things 3: The Game cover art

Fable IIIvsStranger Things 3: The Game

Fable III leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Stranger Things 3: The Game leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Fable IIIStranger Things 3: The Game

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Stranger Things 3: The Game leans harder on execution: Light beat-em-up combat asks only basic timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Fable III leans harder on optimization: Treasury management and kingdom promises drive the endgame

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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Stranger Things 3: The Game