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Fallout cover artvsWizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land cover art

FalloutvsWizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land

Fallout leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land leans harder on execution: turn-based menu combat, no physical skill

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

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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