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Circle of Blood cover artvsClockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink cover art

Circle of BloodvsClockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink

Circle of Blood leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Circle of BloodClockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink

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.

Variance1 vs 2

Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink leans harder on variance: Object placements are unknown only until spotted

Optimization3 vs 4

Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink leans harder on optimization: Hidden-object scenes and minigames have fixed findable solutions

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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Circle of Blood

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Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink