head to head
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Animal Crossing: New LeafvsYou and Me and Her: A Love Story
Animal Crossing: New Leaf leans Optimization (Light / Casual); You and Me and Her: A Love Story leans Variance (Light / Casual).
Animal Crossing: New LeafYou and Me and Her: A Love Story
Axis by axis
Execution0 vs 0
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance2 vs 3
You and Me and Her: A Love Story leans harder on variance: The meta reveal is hidden information exactly once
Optimization3 vs 2
Animal Crossing: New Leaf leans harder on optimization: Turnip market and town planning lightly reward optimizing
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.