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Later Alligator cover artvsSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP cover art

Later AlligatorvsSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

Later Alligator leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 2

Later Alligator leans harder on execution: Some minigames want timing, none demand much

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP leans harder on variance: Moon-phase secrets are hidden until discovered

Optimization4 vs 4

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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