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Fallout cover artvsThe Forgotten City cover art

FalloutvsThe Forgotten City

Fallout leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Forgotten City leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
FalloutThe Forgotten City

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

The Forgotten City leans harder on execution: Combat is technically possible but almost never the optimal path

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Fallout leans harder on variance: To-hit rolls and random encounters

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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