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Fallout: New Vegas cover artvsOld School RuneScape cover art

Fallout: New VegasvsOld School RuneScape

Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Old School RuneScape leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Fallout: New VegasOld School RuneScape

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Old School RuneScape leans harder on reads: PvP wilderness has genuine read element

Variance2 vs 4

Old School RuneScape leans harder on variance: Drop rates and clue RNG drive economy

Optimization8 vs 9

Old School RuneScape leans harder on optimization: Efficiency, routing, and GP/hour fully theorycrafted

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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Fallout: New Vegas

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Old School RuneScape