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Batman: The Telltale Series cover artvsHenry Stickmin: Fleeing the Complex cover art

Batman: The Telltale SeriesvsHenry Stickmin: Fleeing the Complex

Batman: The Telltale Series leans Variance (Light / Casual); Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the Complex leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Batman: The Telltale SeriesHenry Stickmin: Fleeing the Complex

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization2 vs 3

Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the Complex leans harder on optimization: Trial-and-error to find correct branching choices

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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Batman: The Telltale Series

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Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the Complex