head to head

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time cover artvsSpace Station Silicon Valley cover art

Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimevsSpace Station Silicon Valley

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Space Station Silicon Valley leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeSpace Station Silicon Valley

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Space Station Silicon Valley leans harder on variance: Which animal solves which puzzle is unknown until tried

Optimization6 vs 7

Space Station Silicon Valley leans harder on optimization: Matching animal abilities to level objectives is the core puzzle

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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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

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Space Station Silicon Valley