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Horizon Forbidden West cover artvsWonder Boy in Monster World cover art

Horizon Forbidden WestvsWonder Boy in Monster World

Horizon Forbidden West leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Wonder Boy in Monster World leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Horizon Forbidden WestWonder Boy in Monster World

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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Horizon Forbidden West

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Wonder Boy in Monster World