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Limbo cover artvsThe NewZealand Story cover art

LimbovsThe NewZealand Story

Limbo leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The NewZealand Story leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
LimboThe NewZealand Story

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

The NewZealand Story leans harder on execution: Arrow aim and balloon-stealing flight need steady hands.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

The NewZealand Story leans harder on variance: Vehicle and pickup spawns add mild luck.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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