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Everlasting Summer cover artvsLife is Strange: Before the Storm cover art

Everlasting SummervsLife is Strange: Before the Storm

Everlasting Summer leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Life is Strange: Before the Storm leans Variance (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Everlasting SummerLife is Strange: Before the Storm

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.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

Everlasting Summer leans harder on optimization: Mapping choice branches to endings is trivially solvable

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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Life is Strange: Before the Storm