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A Story About My Uncle cover artvsPac-Man World 2 cover art

A Story About My UnclevsPac-Man World 2

A Story About My Uncle leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Pac-Man World 2 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
A Story About My UnclePac-Man World 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Pac-Man World 2 leans harder on reads: scripted enemies, no real adaptation

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

A Story About My Uncle leans harder on optimization: Finding efficient swing lines through each cavern

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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