head to head
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A Good Snowman Is Hard to BuildvsThe Talos Principle
A Good Snowman Is Hard to Build leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Talos Principle leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
A Good Snowman Is Hard to BuildThe Talos Principle
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 1
The Talos Principle leans harder on execution: Carrying items and timing fan avoidance is trivial
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 0
A Good Snowman Is Hard to Build leans harder on variance: Everything visible; a few hidden bonus areas.
Optimization9 vs 9
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.