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Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse cover artvsThe Neverhood cover art

Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey MousevsThe Neverhood

Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Neverhood leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey MouseThe Neverhood

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Execution2 vs 1

Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse leans harder on execution: Point-and-click style inputs with no pressure

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse leans harder on variance: Gags and mirror pieces are hidden until triggered

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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Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse

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