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Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds cover artvsValiant Hearts: The Great War cover art

Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp SeedsvsValiant Hearts: The Great War

Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Valiant Hearts: The Great War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp SeedsValiant Hearts: The Great War

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 1

Valiant Hearts: The Great War leans harder on execution: Gentle timing in a few chase sequences

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds leans harder on variance: Item locations shuffle between playthroughs

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Freddi Fish and The Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds

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Valiant Hearts: The Great War