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South Park: The Stick of Truth cover artvsThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX cover art

South Park: The Stick of TruthvsThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX

South Park: The Stick of Truth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
South Park: The Stick of TruthThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

South Park: The Stick of Truth leans harder on variance: Minor damage rolls; encounters are otherwise fixed

Optimization6 vs 5

South Park: The Stick of Truth leans harder on optimization: Build, gear and ability choices comfortably solve every fight

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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The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX