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Klonoa: Empire of Dreams cover artvsRatchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction cover art

Klonoa: Empire of DreamsvsRatchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Klonoa: Empire of Dreams leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Klonoa: Empire of DreamsRatchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction leans harder on variance: Deterministic encounters

Optimization7 vs 6

Klonoa: Empire of Dreams leans harder on optimization: Working out each room's enemy-toss solution is the real game

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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Klonoa: Empire of Dreams

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Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction