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Arise: A Simple StoryvsLEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

Arise: A Simple Story leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Execution4 vs 3

Arise: A Simple Story leans harder on execution: Light platforming with forgiving time-control assists

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga leans harder on optimization: Completion routing, stud multipliers and unlock order

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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