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Epic Mickey cover artvsTrine cover art

Epic MickeyvsTrine

Epic Mickey leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Trine leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Epic MickeyTrine

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Epic Mickey leans harder on variance: Quest outcomes hidden until choices made

Optimization6 vs 7

Trine leans harder on optimization: Choosing the right hero and contraption solves each obstacle

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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