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Paper Lily: Chapter 1 cover artvsThe Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind cover art

Paper Lily: Chapter 1vsThe Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Paper Lily: Chapter 1 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Paper Lily: Chapter 1The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Paper Lily: Chapter 1 leans harder on variance: Unknown puzzle solutions and surprises until the route is learned

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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Paper Lily: Chapter 1

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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind