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Lovely Planet cover artvsTrials Fusion cover art

Lovely PlanetvsTrials Fusion

Lovely Planet leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Trials Fusion leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Lovely PlanetTrials Fusion

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 9

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 0

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

Lovely Planet leans harder on optimization: Optimal lines and shot order set the time ceiling

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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