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Animal Crossing: City Folk cover artvsUnder Leaves cover art

Animal Crossing: City FolkvsUnder Leaves

Animal Crossing: City Folk leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Under Leaves leans Variance (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Animal Crossing: City FolkUnder Leaves

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Under Leaves leans harder on variance: Object locations are hidden until found - that is the game

Optimization3 vs 2

Animal Crossing: City Folk leans harder on optimization: Turnip trading and town optimisation exist but stay optional

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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Animal Crossing: City Folk

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Under Leaves