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Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside StoryvsVampyr
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Vampyr leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside StoryVampyr
Axis by axis
Execution5 vs 5
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 2
Vampyr leans harder on variance: Citizen secrets are hidden until investigated
Optimization6 vs 7
Vampyr leans harder on optimization: The feed-or-spare XP economy is the central solvable system
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.