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Dreamfall: The Longest Journey cover artvsPaper Mario: Sticker Star cover art

Dreamfall: The Longest JourneyvsPaper Mario: Sticker Star

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Paper Mario: Sticker Star leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Dreamfall: The Longest JourneyPaper Mario: Sticker Star

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Paper Mario: Sticker Star leans harder on variance: Which stickers you find varies slightly

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

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Paper Mario: Sticker Star