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Ori and the Blind Forest cover artvsSonic Advance 3 cover art

Ori and the Blind ForestvsSonic Advance 3

Ori and the Blind Forest leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Sonic Advance 3 leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Ori and the Blind ForestSonic Advance 3

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Ori and the Blind Forest leans harder on reads: Scripted enemies, no adaptive opponent

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 3

Ori and the Blind Forest leans harder on optimization: Ability routing and shard builds matter

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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