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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode OnevsThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode One leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode OneThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads1 vs 0
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode One leans harder on reads: Enemies are scripted, not adaptive opponents
Variance3 vs 2
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness - Episode One leans harder on variance: Damage rolls and turn order add modest randomness
Optimization7 vs 7
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.