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Trine cover artvsWario Land II cover art

TrinevsWario Land II

Trine leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Wario Land II leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
TrineWario Land II

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Trine leans harder on execution: Physics platforming and wizard-box stacking need dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Wario Land II leans harder on variance: Hidden exits and secrets until mapped

Optimization7 vs 7

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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