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Terraria cover artvsTrials of Mana cover art

TerrariavsTrials of Mana

Terraria leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Trials of Mana leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
TerrariaTrials of Mana

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 5

Trials of Mana leans harder on execution: Real-time character swapping and attack timing matter

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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