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South Park: The Fractured But Whole cover artvsThief Simulator cover art

South Park: The Fractured But WholevsThief Simulator

South Park: The Fractured But Whole leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Thief Simulator leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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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.

Variance2 vs 2

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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