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A Short Hike cover artvsYoshi's Crafted World cover art

A Short HikevsYoshi's Crafted World

A Short Hike leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Yoshi's Crafted World leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
A Short HikeYoshi's Crafted World

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Yoshi's Crafted World leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 3

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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