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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow cover artvsMinecraft: Xbox One Edition cover art

Castlevania: Aria of SorrowvsMinecraft: Xbox One Edition

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Minecraft: Xbox One Edition leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Castlevania: Aria of SorrowMinecraft: Xbox One Edition

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Execution4 vs 3

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow leans harder on execution: Modest action timing

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Minecraft: Xbox One Edition leans harder on variance: World generation hides resources until explored

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

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Minecraft: Xbox One Edition