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English Country Tune cover artvsHitman Go cover art

English Country TunevsHitman Go

English Country Tune leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Hitman Go leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION9 /10
English Country TuneHitman Go

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 0

English Country Tune leans harder on variance: Rules unstated initially but fixed and quickly mapped.

Optimization9 vs 9

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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