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The Cave cover artvsWhite Shadows cover art

The CavevsWhite Shadows

The Cave leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); White Shadows leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
The CaveWhite Shadows

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

White Shadows leans harder on execution: Light platforming with forgiving checkpoints

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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The Cave

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