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Henry Stickmin: Escaping the Prison cover artvsThe Wolf Among Us cover art

Henry Stickmin: Escaping the PrisonvsThe Wolf Among Us

Henry Stickmin: Escaping the Prison leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Wolf Among Us leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Henry Stickmin: Escaping the PrisonThe Wolf Among Us

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.

Variance3 vs 2

Henry Stickmin: Escaping the Prison leans harder on variance: Branching outcomes are hidden until tried, trial-and-error

Optimization5 vs 5

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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