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Alice: Madness ReturnsvsZombies Ate My Neighbors

Alice: Madness Returns leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Zombies Ate My Neighbors leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

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

Execution5 vs 6

Zombies Ate My Neighbors leans harder on execution: Dodging monsters while sniping with squirt guns

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Zombies Ate My Neighbors leans harder on variance: Victim placement varies slightly per level

Optimization5 vs 5

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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