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Pocket Mortys cover artvsPokémon Blue Version cover art

Pocket MortysvsPokémon Blue Version

Pocket Mortys leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Pokémon Blue Version leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Pocket MortysPokémon Blue Version

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Pocket Mortys leans harder on execution: Menu battles need no dexterity

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

Pokémon Blue Version leans harder on optimization: Type chart and team building make the campaign solvable

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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