head to head
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New World: AeternumvsPuyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
New World: Aeternum leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).
New World: AeternumPuyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
Axis by axis
Execution7 vs 7
Even - both lean on execution about the same.
Reads4 vs 4
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance3 vs 4
Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary leans harder on variance: Next-piece queue is random but bounded and visible
Optimization6 vs 7
Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary leans harder on optimization: Building large chains is a learnable scoring 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.