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Beijing 2008 cover artvsOri and the Blind Forest cover art

Beijing 2008vsOri and the Blind Forest

Beijing 2008 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Ori and the Blind Forest leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Beijing 2008Ori and the Blind Forest

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Ori and the Blind Forest leans harder on optimization: Ability routing and shard builds matter

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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