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Animal Crossing: New Horizons cover artvsSherlock Holmes: The Awakened cover art

Animal Crossing: New HorizonsvsSherlock Holmes: The Awakened

Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsSherlock Holmes: The Awakened

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

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened leans harder on variance: Clues are hidden information until each scene is searched

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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Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened