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Indiana Jones and the Great CirclevsOf Orcs and Men

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Of Orcs and Men leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle leans harder on execution: First-person brawling and stealth timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle leans harder on variance: Guard layouts surprise on first infiltration

Optimization6 vs 6

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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