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Spiritfarer cover artvsThe Liar Princess and the Blind Prince cover art

SpiritfarervsThe Liar Princess and the Blind Prince

Spiritfarer leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
SpiritfarerThe Liar Princess and the Blind Prince

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince leans harder on execution: Light platforming while escorting demands gentle care

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince leans harder on optimization: Guiding the prince past puzzles is a solvable routing problem

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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