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Ape Out cover artvsShutshimi cover art

Ape OutvsShutshimi

Ape Out leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Shutshimi leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Ape OutShutshimi

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Shutshimi leans harder on variance: Randomised waves and absurd power-ups reshape every run

Optimization3 vs 3

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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