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Dino Run cover artvsTricky Towers cover art

Dino RunvsTricky Towers

Dino Run leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Tricky Towers leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Dino RunTricky Towers

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Dino Run leans harder on variance: Procedural terrain creates unpredictable hazards each run

Optimization4 vs 4

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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