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Grim Fandango Remastered cover artvsI Spy Fantasy cover art

Grim Fandango RemasteredvsI Spy Fantasy

Grim Fandango Remastered leans Optimization (Light / Casual); I Spy Fantasy leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Grim Fandango RemasteredI Spy Fantasy

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

I Spy Fantasy leans harder on variance: Object placement varies but is fixed per scene

Optimization3 vs 4

I Spy Fantasy leans harder on optimization: Systematic scanning to find riddle objects faster

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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