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Animal Crossing: New Horizons cover artvsVoice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars cover art

Animal Crossing: New HorizonsvsVoice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars

Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Animal Crossing: New HorizonsVoice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans harder on execution: Trivial inputs.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars leans harder on variance: Card-flip map reveals and random encounters

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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Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars