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Antichamber leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); BOXBOY! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

BOXBOY! leans harder on execution: Simple hops; timing rarely matters

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 0

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization9 vs 8

Antichamber leans harder on optimization: Deducing the non-Euclidean spatial logic and gun mechanics governing each room

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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