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Unravel Two cover artvsWario Land 3 cover art

Unravel TwovsWario Land 3

Unravel Two leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Wario Land 3 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Wario Land 3 leans harder on optimization: Transformation puzzles and treasure unlock order are the game

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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