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Gemini RuevsPac-Man 2: The New Adventures

Gemini Rue leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Gemini RuePac-Man 2: The New Adventures

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Gemini Rue leans harder on variance: Story twists and solutions unknown only on first play

Optimization7 vs 6

Gemini Rue leans harder on optimization: Puzzles have single fixed solutions; walkthrough trivializes

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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