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Clicker Heroes cover artvsDreamfall: The Longest Journey cover art

Clicker HeroesvsDreamfall: The Longest Journey

Clicker Heroes leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Dreamfall: The Longest Journey leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey leans harder on execution: Combat encounters add minor timing demand but are forgettable

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Clicker Heroes leans harder on optimization: Ascension timing and ancient builds are the whole game

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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