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Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life cover artvsSamorost 3 cover art

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful LifevsSamorost 3

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Samorost 3 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful LifeSamorost 3

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.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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