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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind cover artvsWild Arms 3 cover art

The Elder Scrolls III: MorrowindvsWild Arms 3

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Wild Arms 3 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
The Elder Scrolls III: MorrowindWild Arms 3

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Execution2 vs 1

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind leans harder on execution: Dice-roll combat ignores aim skill

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind leans harder on optimization: Alchemy and spellcrafting are famously 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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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

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Wild Arms 3