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Trine cover artvsZup! 2 cover art

TrinevsZup! 2

Trine leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Zup! 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
TrineZup! 2

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 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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