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Fran BowvsPac-Man 2: The New Adventures

Fran Bow leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Fran BowPac-Man 2: The New Adventures

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Execution1 vs 2

Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures leans harder on execution: Pointing and prodding Pac-Man needs no dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures leans harder on optimization: Puzzle solutions and mood manipulation are fixed answers to learn

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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