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Invincible Presents: Atom Eve cover artvsThe Red Strings Club cover art

Invincible Presents: Atom EvevsThe Red Strings Club

Invincible Presents: Atom Eve leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Red Strings Club leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Invincible Presents: Atom EveThe Red Strings Club

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

The Red Strings Club leans harder on variance: Dialogue outcomes are unknown on first play

Optimization4 vs 5

The Red Strings Club leans harder on optimization: Optimal drink mixes and dialogue paths are learnable

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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Invincible Presents: Atom Eve

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The Red Strings Club