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Buckshot Roulette cover artvsMicrosoft Hearts cover art

Buckshot RoulettevsMicrosoft Hearts

Buckshot Roulette leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Microsoft Hearts leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS4 /10VARIANCE7 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Buckshot RouletteMicrosoft Hearts

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Buckshot Roulette leans harder on execution: Trivial click inputs.

Reads4 vs 4

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance7 vs 6

Buckshot Roulette leans harder on variance: Shell order is hidden and random.

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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