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PowerWash Simulator 2vsValiant Hearts: The Great War

PowerWash Simulator 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Valiant Hearts: The Great War leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
PowerWash Simulator 2Valiant Hearts: The Great War

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

PowerWash Simulator 2 leans harder on execution: Aiming a spray nozzle has no real ceiling

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Valiant Hearts: The Great War leans harder on variance: Fixed puzzles, fully visible

Optimization4 vs 4

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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