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Just Dance 2020 cover artvsOctodad: Dadliest Catch cover art

Just Dance 2020vsOctodad: Dadliest Catch

Just Dance 2020 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Octodad: Dadliest Catch leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Just Dance 2020Octodad: Dadliest Catch

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Octodad: Dadliest Catch leans harder on variance: Physics wobble adds slapstick unpredictability

Optimization2 vs 3

Octodad: Dadliest Catch leans harder on optimization: Simple objectives, little system depth

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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