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Farmville cover artvsFirewatch cover art

FarmvillevsFirewatch

Farmville leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Firewatch leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
FarmvilleFirewatch

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Firewatch leans harder on execution: Walking and radio dialogue only.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

Farmville leans harder on optimization: Crop timing and coin efficiency are shallow but present

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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