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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch cover artvsSerious Sam: The Random Encounter cover art

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White WitchvsSerious Sam: The Random Encounter

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Serious Sam: The Random Encounter leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White WitchSerious Sam: The Random Encounter

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies

Variance3 vs 4

Serious Sam: The Random Encounter leans harder on variance: Random encounters and item draws vary each run

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

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Serious Sam: The Random Encounter