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LEGO Batman: The Videogame cover artvsValiant Hearts: The Great War cover art

LEGO Batman: The VideogamevsValiant Hearts: The Great War

LEGO Batman: The Videogame leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Valiant Hearts: The Great War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
LEGO Batman: The VideogameValiant Hearts: The Great War

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

LEGO Batman: The Videogame leans harder on execution: Button-mashy combat with no real fail state

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

LEGO Batman: The Videogame leans harder on optimization: Character-ability gating drives collectible completion

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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LEGO Batman: The Videogame

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Valiant Hearts: The Great War