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Alice: Madness ReturnsvsTrine 3: The Artifacts of Power

Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Alice: Madness Returns leans harder on execution: Float-platforming and weapon-switch combat ask moderate precision

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power leans harder on optimization: Choosing the right hero and physics solution is the game

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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