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The Cat Lady cover artvsThe Fall cover art

The Cat LadyvsThe Fall

The Cat Lady leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Fall leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
The Cat LadyThe Fall

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

The Fall leans harder on execution: Light combat and platforming pose little physical test

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 5

The Cat Lady leans harder on optimization: Adventure-game puzzles have fixed discoverable solutions

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 Cat Lady

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