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Limbo cover artvsRochard cover art

LimbovsRochard

Limbo leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Rochard leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Limbo leans harder on execution: Tight platforming with trial-and-error.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Rochard leans harder on optimization: Gravity-manipulation puzzles each have a findable solution

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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