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Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the Complex cover artvsSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP cover art

Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the ComplexvsSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the Complex leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the ComplexSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP leans harder on execution: Simple timed parries are the only dexterity ask

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP leans harder on optimization: Light environmental puzzles with gentle solutions

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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