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Call of the Sea cover artvsPushmo cover art

Call of the SeavsPushmo

Call of the Sea leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pushmo leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Call of the SeaPushmo

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.

Variance2 vs 0

Call of the Sea leans harder on variance: Hidden solutions surprise only once

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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