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Nihilumbra cover artvsOddworld: Abe's Oddysee cover art

NihilumbravsOddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Nihilumbra leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
NihilumbraOddworld: Abe's Oddysee

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee leans harder on execution: Precise platforming and stealth timing kill instantly

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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