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LEGO The Hobbit cover artvsUtawarerumono: Mask of Deception cover art

LEGO The HobbitvsUtawarerumono: Mask of Deception

LEGO The Hobbit leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
LEGO The HobbitUtawarerumono: Mask of Deception

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

LEGO The Hobbit leans harder on execution: Forgiving combat and platforming aimed at families

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception leans harder on variance: Light combat RNG in a mostly fixed story

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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