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Animal Crossing: New Horizons cover artvsBarrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle cover art

Animal Crossing: New HorizonsvsBarrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle

Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsBarrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle

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.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Animal Crossing: New Horizons

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Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle