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The Artful Escape cover artvsThe Beginner's Guide cover art

The Artful EscapevsThe Beginner's Guide

The Artful Escape leans Optimization (Light / Casual); The Beginner's Guide leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
The Artful EscapeThe Beginner's Guide

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

The Artful Escape leans harder on execution: Hold right and strum; nearly unfailable

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 0

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization2 vs 1

The Artful Escape leans harder on optimization: Almost nothing to optimize

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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