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Hobo: Tough Life cover artvsThe Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind cover art

Hobo: Tough LifevsThe Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Hobo: Tough Life leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Hobo: Tough LifeThe Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Hobo: Tough Life leans harder on variance: Weather, NPC moods and scavenging rolls pressure plans

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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Hobo: Tough Life

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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind