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Lara Croft Go cover artvsPokémon Red cover art

Lara Croft GovsPokémon Red

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

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

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 Red leans harder on variance: Wild encounters and catch rolls

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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