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My Time at Portia cover artvsThe Sinking City cover art

My Time at PortiavsThe Sinking City

My Time at Portia leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Sinking City leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
My Time at PortiaThe Sinking City

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 2

My Time at Portia leans harder on execution: Light combat and crafting timing.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

My Time at Portia leans harder on optimization: Workshop scheduling and commissions reward optimization.

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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My Time at Portia

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The Sinking City