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Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight cover artvsUndertale Yellow cover art

Momodora: Reverie Under the MoonlightvsUndertale Yellow

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Undertale Yellow leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Momodora: Reverie Under the MoonlightUndertale Yellow

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight leans harder on reads: All bosses run fixed movesets

Variance1 vs 2

Undertale Yellow leans harder on variance: Routes and outcomes are hidden on first playthrough

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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Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight

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Undertale Yellow