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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth cover artvsVA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action cover art

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the EarthvsVA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth leans Optimization (Light / Casual); VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the EarthVA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

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Execution1 vs 0

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth leans harder on execution: Point-and-click input has no physical ceiling

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth leans harder on variance: Choice outcomes are unknown on a first playthrough

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth

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VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action