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Alan WakevsHaunted House

Alan Wake leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Haunted House leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Haunted House leans harder on variance: Urn piece locations shuffle between games

Optimization4 vs 5

Haunted House leans harder on optimization: Mansion layout and item routing are quickly mastered

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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