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Alan WakevsNintendo Badge Arcade
Alan Wake leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Nintendo Badge Arcade leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Alan WakeNintendo Badge Arcade
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 4
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
Nintendo Badge Arcade leans harder on variance: Badge stacks and physics tumble somewhat unpredictably
Optimization4 vs 5
Nintendo Badge Arcade leans harder on optimization: Picking high-yield drop angles is a small solvable puzzle
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.