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PsychonautsvsSkylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island

Psychonauts leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Skylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Psychonauts leans harder on execution: Platforming and psychic combat need moderate precision

Reads0 vs 1

Skylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island leans harder on reads: Solo; enemies follow scripted patterns

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Skylar & Plux: Adventure on Clover Island