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BoxBoxBoy! cover artvsKingdom Rush cover art

BoxBoxBoy!vsKingdom Rush

BoxBoxBoy! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Kingdom Rush leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
BoxBoxBoy!Kingdom Rush

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Kingdom Rush leans harder on variance: Almost fully deterministic waves

Optimization9 vs 9

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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BoxBoxBoy!

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