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A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Tomb Raider leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia leans harder on variance: Which bean solves which obstacle is hidden until discovered

Optimization6 vs 7

Tomb Raider leans harder on optimization: Levels are spatial puzzles with solvable routes

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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