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B.C.'s Quest for Tires cover artvsOctodad: Dadliest Catch cover art

B.C.'s Quest for TiresvsOctodad: Dadliest Catch

B.C.'s Quest for Tires leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Octodad: Dadliest Catch leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION8 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
B.C.'s Quest for TiresOctodad: Dadliest Catch

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

B.C.'s Quest for Tires leans harder on execution: Precisely timed jumps and ducks over obstacles define play

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

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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B.C.'s Quest for Tires

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Octodad: Dadliest Catch