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Rusty Lake: Roots cover artvsThe Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight cover art

Rusty Lake: RootsvsThe Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight

Rusty Lake: Roots leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Rusty Lake: RootsThe Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Rusty Lake: Roots

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The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight