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Gorogoa cover artvsRunaway: A Road Adventure cover art

GorogoavsRunaway: A Road Adventure

Gorogoa leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Runaway: A Road Adventure leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
GorogoaRunaway: A Road Adventure

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Runaway: A Road Adventure leans harder on variance: Puzzle items are hidden until pixel-hunted

Optimization7 vs 6

Gorogoa leans harder on optimization: Each panel arrangement has one elegant solvable answer

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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Runaway: A Road Adventure