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Dude, StopvsKentucky Route Zero

Dude, Stop leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Kentucky Route Zero leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Dude, Stop leans harder on execution: Clicking puzzle objects takes no skill

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

Dude, Stop leans harder on optimization: Finding both correct and deliberately wrong solutions is light puzzling

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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