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Owlboy cover artvsPinstripe cover art

OwlboyvsPinstripe

Owlboy leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Pinstripe leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Owlboy leans harder on execution: Flying and gunner-swapping in light combat

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Pinstripe leans harder on variance: Puzzle answers are hidden until explored

Optimization5 vs 5

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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