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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite cover artvsThe Sinking City cover art

Harry Potter: Wizards UnitevsThe Sinking City

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Sinking City leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Harry Potter: Wizards UniteThe Sinking City

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.

Variance4 vs 3

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite leans harder on variance: Spawn locations and catch rolls are RNG to map

Optimization5 vs 6

The Sinking City leans harder on optimization: Cross-referencing evidence and city archives is the deduction core

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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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

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The Sinking City