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Fallout: New VegasvsOrcs Must Die! Deathtrap

Fallout: New Vegas leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap leans harder on execution: aiming traps and weapons under waves

Reads1 vs 0

Fallout: New Vegas leans harder on reads: Scripted factions and enemies

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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