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QWOPvsSerious Sam: The First Encounter

QWOP leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Serious Sam: The First Encounter leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION9 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
QWOPSerious Sam: The First Encounter

Axis by axis

Execution9 vs 8

QWOP leans harder on execution: Perfect inputs literally are the entire game

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Serious Sam: The First Encounter leans harder on variance: Enemy placement is consistent across runs; no hidden information

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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