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Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China cover artvsKlonoa: Empire of Dreams cover art

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: ChinavsKlonoa: Empire of Dreams

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Klonoa: Empire of Dreams leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Assassin's Creed Chronicles: ChinaKlonoa: Empire of Dreams

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

Assassin's Creed Chronicles: China leans harder on variance: Everything is scripted and visible with study

Optimization6 vs 7

Klonoa: Empire of Dreams leans harder on optimization: Working out each room's enemy-toss solution is the real game

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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