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Anodyne cover artvsTrine 3: The Artifacts of Power cover art

AnodynevsTrine 3: The Artifacts of Power

Anodyne leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
AnodyneTrine 3: The Artifacts of Power

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power leans harder on execution: Light platforming and physics manipulation, forgiving timing windows

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Anodyne leans harder on variance: Dreamlike areas surprise only 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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