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Fishing PlanetvsKeep Talking and Nobody Explodes

Fishing Planet leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Fishing Planet leans harder on optimization: Tackle setups, spots and tactics per species are learnable knowledge

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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