head to head

Lara Croft Go cover artvsPokémon Black cover art

Lara Croft GovsPokémon Black

Lara Croft Go leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pokémon Black leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Lara Croft GoPokémon Black

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Lara Croft Go leans harder on execution: Turn-based taps, zero dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Pokémon Black leans harder on variance: Encounter and damage-roll randomness

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Lara Croft Go

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