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Animal Crossing: New HorizonsvsWe Went Back

Animal Crossing: New Horizons leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); We Went Back leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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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

We Went Back leans harder on variance: Loop changes are unknown until observed 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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We Went Back