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Fruit Ninja cover artvsLara Croft: Relic Run cover art

Fruit NinjavsLara Croft: Relic Run

Fruit Ninja leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Lara Croft: Relic Run leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Fruit NinjaLara Croft: Relic Run

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Fruit Ninja leans harder on execution: Swipe accuracy and combo timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization2 vs 3

Lara Croft: Relic Run leans harder on optimization: Upgrade and power-up choices nudge run length

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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Lara Croft: Relic Run