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Shady Part of Me cover artvsThe Sims 4 cover art

Shady Part of MevsThe Sims 4

Shady Part of Me leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Sims 4 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Shady Part of MeThe Sims 4

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Shady Part of Me leans harder on execution: Gentle platforming with rewind removes any twitch pressure

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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