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Goat Simulator cover artvsLSD: Dream Emulator cover art

Goat SimulatorvsLSD: Dream Emulator

Goat Simulator leans Variance (Light / Casual); LSD: Dream Emulator leans Variance (Pure Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION1 /10
Goat SimulatorLSD: Dream Emulator

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Goat Simulator leans harder on execution: Janky physics resist precision on purpose

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 5

LSD: Dream Emulator leans harder on variance: Dream links and events are opaque randomness

Optimization1 vs 1

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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Goat Simulator

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LSD: Dream Emulator