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Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition cover artvsThe Sims cover art

Planescape: Torment - Enhanced EditionvsThe Sims

Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Sims leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Planescape: Torment - Enhanced EditionThe Sims

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Planescape: Torment - Enhanced Edition leans harder on reads: no adaptive opponent, narrative-focused

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

The Sims leans harder on optimization: Need scheduling, career grinding and money loops are 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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