head to head
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).
Ken Follett's The Pillars of the EarthVA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Axis by axis
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.

