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Emily is Away cover artvsNorco cover art

Emily is AwayvsNorco

Emily is Away leans Variance (Light / Casual); Norco leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Emily is AwayNorco

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Norco leans harder on reads: Characters are scripted.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization2 vs 3

Norco leans harder on optimization: Few systems to optimize.

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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