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Goat SimulatorvsSonic.EXE

Goat Simulator leans Variance (Light / Casual); Sonic.EXE leans Variance (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION1 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Sonic.EXE leans harder on execution: Hold right and watch; barely any input challenge

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Sonic.EXE leans harder on variance: Shock moments are unknown only on the first run

Optimization1 vs 2

Sonic.EXE leans harder on optimization: Nothing to solve - the game is a linear scare reel

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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