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Fallout SheltervsSherlock Holmes: The Awakened

Fallout Shelter leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Execution0 vs 1

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened leans harder on execution: Walking and clicking through scenes, no twitch demands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Fallout Shelter leans harder on optimization: Dweller stats and room layout are fully solvable

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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