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Pilgrims cover artvsRusty Lake Hotel cover art

PilgrimsvsRusty Lake Hotel

Pilgrims leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Rusty Lake Hotel leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
PilgrimsRusty Lake Hotel

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Pilgrims leans harder on execution: Playing cards on scenes takes no dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Rusty Lake Hotel leans harder on optimization: Chaining surreal puzzle logic per room is the whole game

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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