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About Love, Hate and the other onesvsOuter Wilds

About Love, Hate and the other ones leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Outer Wilds leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 9

Outer Wilds leans harder on optimization: Pure knowledge puzzle - solve the system

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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