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Fallout 3 cover artvsRune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon cover art

Fallout 3vsRune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon

Fallout 3 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 2

Fallout 3 leans harder on execution: VATS-leaning combat, low aim demand

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon leans harder on variance: Crop yields and drops add farming randomness

Optimization7 vs 7

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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