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Botanicula cover artvsThe Night of the Rabbit cover art

BotaniculavsThe Night of the Rabbit

Botanicula leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Night of the Rabbit leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
BotaniculaThe Night of the Rabbit

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.

Variance3 vs 4

The Night of the Rabbit leans harder on variance: Puzzle solutions are hidden information until discovered

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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The Night of the Rabbit