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A New Beginning: Final Cut cover artvsBack to the Future: The Game cover art

A New Beginning: Final CutvsBack to the Future: The Game

A New Beginning: Final Cut leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Back to the Future: The Game leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
A New Beginning: Final CutBack to the Future: The Game

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

A New Beginning: Final Cut leans harder on execution: Pointing and clicking carries no physical test

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Back to the Future: The Game leans harder on optimization: Light item-logic puzzles drive each episode

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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A New Beginning: Final Cut

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Back to the Future: The Game