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Star StablevsSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

Star Stable leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Star Stable leans harder on reads: Other players coexist; little adversarial prediction

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP