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Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story cover artvsPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team cover art

Another Lost Phone: Laura's StoryvsPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team

Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Another Lost Phone: Laura's StoryPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team leans harder on execution: Turn-based grid movement - no twitch demands

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 6

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team leans harder on variance: Random dungeon layouts, items and encounters each run

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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Another Lost Phone: Laura's Story

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