head to head
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Cut the Rope 2vsSouth Park: The Stick of Truth
Cut the Rope 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); South Park: The Stick of Truth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
Cut the Rope 2South Park: The Stick of Truth
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 3
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
South Park: The Stick of Truth leans harder on variance: Minor damage rolls; encounters are otherwise fixed
Optimization7 vs 6
Cut the Rope 2 leans harder on optimization: Finding the star-collecting solution sequence is 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.