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Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the Complex cover artvsThe Walking Dead cover art

Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the ComplexvsThe Walking Dead

Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the Complex leans Optimization (Light / Casual); The Walking Dead leans Variance (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the ComplexThe Walking Dead

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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.

Optimization3 vs 2

Henry Stickmin: Fleeing the Complex leans harder on optimization: Trial-and-error to find correct branching choices

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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The Walking Dead