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BotaniculavsKing's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella

Botanicula leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
BotaniculaKing's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella leans harder on execution: Some timed sequences and deadly terrain navigation

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella