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Animal Crossing: New Horizons cover artvsBlack Mirror III: Final Fear cover art

Animal Crossing: New HorizonsvsBlack Mirror III: Final Fear

Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Black Mirror III: Final Fear leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsBlack Mirror III: Final Fear

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 4

Black Mirror III: Final Fear leans harder on variance: The mystery's truths are hidden until uncovered

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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Black Mirror III: Final Fear