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Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo leans Variance (Light / Casual); Tales from the Borderlands leans Variance (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Putt-Putt Saves the ZooTales from the Borderlands

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization2 vs 1

Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo leans harder on optimization: Simple fetch-puzzles with obvious solutions

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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Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo

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Tales from the Borderlands