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Last Window: The Secret of Cape West cover artvsSamorost 2 cover art

Last Window: The Secret of Cape WestvsSamorost 2

Last Window: The Secret of Cape West leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Samorost 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Last Window: The Secret of Cape WestSamorost 2

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Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Last Window: The Secret of Cape West leans harder on variance: Apartment residents' secrets stay hidden until pried loose.

Optimization5 vs 6

Samorost 2 leans harder on optimization: Each screen is a small solvable interaction puzzle

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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Samorost 2