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Mages of Mystralia cover artvsPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time cover art

Mages of MystraliavsPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Mages of Mystralia leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Mages of MystraliaPrince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Mages of Mystralia leans harder on optimization: Designing rune-combined spells to break puzzles is the heart

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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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time