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Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! cover artvsYakuza 0 cover art

Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!vsYakuza 0

Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Yakuza 0 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!Yakuza 0

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Yakuza 0 leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 6

Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library! leans harder on optimization: Ability choices and routing for shelving efficiency are the game

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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