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BOXBOY!vsCaptain Toad: Treasure Tracker

BOXBOY! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
BOXBOY!Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker leans harder on execution: Gentle navigation, no jumping, light timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker leans harder on variance: Everything is visible and fixed

Optimization8 vs 8

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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