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Tunic cover artvsUndertale cover art

TunicvsUndertale

Tunic leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Undertale leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Tunic leans harder on execution: Dodge-roll combat demands timing

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 7

Tunic leans harder on optimization: Manual decoding and build choices solve everything

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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