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Tobal No. 1 cover artvsUltimate Chicken Horse cover art

Tobal No. 1vsUltimate Chicken Horse

Tobal No. 1 leans Execution (Competitive PvP); Ultimate Chicken Horse leans Execution (Competitive PvP).

EXECUTION8 /10READS6 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Tobal No. 1Ultimate Chicken Horse

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Tobal No. 1 leans harder on execution: Timing throws, dodges and combos under pressure decides fights

Reads6 vs 6

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Ultimate Chicken Horse leans harder on variance: Block placement creates novel layouts each round

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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Ultimate Chicken Horse