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Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time cover artvsVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines cover art

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals TimevsVampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines leans harder on reads: Scripted NPCs

Variance3 vs 2

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time leans harder on variance: crafting and loot randomness

Optimization7 vs 7

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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