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Planescape: Torment cover artvsPowerMonger cover art

Planescape: TormentvsPowerMonger

Planescape: Torment leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); PowerMonger leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Planescape: TormentPowerMonger

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

PowerMonger leans harder on execution: Issuing real-time orders needs modest speed, never twitch skill

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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.

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