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Lara Croft Go cover artvsRollerCoaster Tycoon cover art

Lara Croft GovsRollerCoaster Tycoon

Lara Croft Go leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); RollerCoaster Tycoon leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Lara Croft GoRollerCoaster Tycoon

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 9

RollerCoaster Tycoon leans harder on optimization: Park layout, pricing, and coaster stats are solvable systems

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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