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Astro's Playroom cover artvsPlanet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf cover art

Astro's PlayroomvsPlanet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf

Astro's Playroom leans Execution (Light / Casual); Planet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Astro's PlayroomPlanet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Planet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf leans harder on execution: platforming timing and puzzle-action sequences

Reads1 vs 0

Astro's Playroom leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Astro's Playroom

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Planet of Lana II: Children of the Leaf