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Pokémon Snap cover artvsTeardown cover art

Pokémon SnapvsTeardown

Pokémon Snap leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Teardown leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Pokémon SnapTeardown

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Pokémon Snap leans harder on variance: Minor behavioral wiggle per run

Optimization7 vs 8

Teardown leans harder on optimization: Pre-planning the demolition route is the 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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Pokémon Snap

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Teardown