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Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward cover artvsZork II: The Wizard of Frobozz cover art

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last RewardvsZork II: The Wizard of Frobozz

Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last RewardZork II: The Wizard of Frobozz

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

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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Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward

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Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz