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Ori and the Blind Forest cover artvsPrince of Persia: The Lost Crown cover art

Ori and the Blind ForestvsPrince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Ori and the Blind Forest leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Ori and the Blind ForestPrince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 2

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown leans harder on reads: Scripted bosses with patterns

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown leans harder on optimization: Amulet builds and routing

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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