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Black Mirror III: Final Fear cover artvsEarthBound cover art

Black Mirror III: Final FearvsEarthBound

Black Mirror III: Final Fear leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); EarthBound leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Black Mirror III: Final FearEarthBound

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

EarthBound leans harder on execution: Rolling HP meter has very mild timing implication

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

EarthBound leans harder on optimization: Status effects, rolling HP strategy, and Franklin Badge usage are solvable

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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