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Knights of Pen and Paper cover artvsThe Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind cover art

Knights of Pen and PapervsThe Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Knights of Pen and Paper leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Knights of Pen and PaperThe Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

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Execution1 vs 2

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind leans harder on execution: Dice-roll combat ignores aim skill

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind leans harder on optimization: Alchemy and spellcrafting are famously solvable

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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