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Fran BowvsThe Secret Monster Society: Chapter 1 - Monsters, Fires and Forbidden Forests

Fran Bow leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Secret Monster Society: Chapter 1 - Monsters, Fires and Forbidden Forests leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Fran BowThe Secret Monster Society: Chapter 1 - Monsters, Fires and Forbidden Forests

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Fran Bow leans harder on execution: Point-and-click inputs only

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

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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The Secret Monster Society: Chapter 1 - Monsters, Fires and Forbidden Forests