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Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts cover artvsTrine cover art

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & BoltsvsTrine

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Trine leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Trine leans harder on execution: Physics platforming and wizard-box stacking need dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts leans harder on optimization: Vehicle engineering for each challenge 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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