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Animal Crossing: New Horizons cover artvsTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 cover art

Animal Crossing: New HorizonsvsTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2

Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsTrue Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2

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

True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2 leans harder on variance: Object locations and story beats are unknown once

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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True Fear: Forsaken Souls Part 2