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A Hat in Time cover artvsDash of Destruction cover art

A Hat in TimevsDash of Destruction

A Hat in Time leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Dash of Destruction leans Execution (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

A Hat in Time leans harder on execution: Forgiving 3D platforming

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

A Hat in Time leans harder on optimization: Badge loadouts offer light tuning

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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