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For the King cover artvsShattered Pixel Dungeon cover art

For the KingvsShattered Pixel Dungeon

For the King leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Shattered Pixel Dungeon leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE7 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
For the KingShattered Pixel Dungeon

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance7 vs 7

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

Shattered Pixel Dungeon leans harder on optimization: Upgrade allocation and item knowledge are deeply 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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