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LittleBigPlanet 3vsSkylanders: Imaginators

LittleBigPlanet 3 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Skylanders: Imaginators leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
LittleBigPlanet 3Skylanders: Imaginators

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

LittleBigPlanet 3 leans harder on execution: Floaty platforming with varied character moves

Reads1 vs 0

LittleBigPlanet 3 leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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