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Neverwinter NightsvsPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Neverwinter Nights leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Neverwinter NightsPaper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Axis by axis
Execution2 vs 3
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door leans harder on execution: Action commands and stylish moves
Reads2 vs 2
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 3
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization8 vs 7
Neverwinter Nights leans harder on optimization: D&D 3E feat trees and companion scripting reward deep system knowledge
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.