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Darwinia cover artvsSouth Park: The Stick of Truth cover art

DarwiniavsSouth Park: The Stick of Truth

Darwinia leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); South Park: The Stick of Truth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
DarwiniaSouth 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

Darwinia leans harder on optimization: unit management puzzles have clean 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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