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Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition cover artvsPlanescape: Torment cover art

Knights of Pen and Paper +1 EditionvsPlanescape: Torment

Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Planescape: Torment leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Planescape: Torment leans harder on execution: Combat is deemphasised; the game is built to be avoided or trivial

Reads0 vs 1

Planescape: Torment leans harder on reads: NPCs are scripted personalities; no adaptive opponent exists

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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