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Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo leans Variance (Light / Casual); Amnesia: The Dark Descent leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Alfred Hitchcock: VertigoAmnesia: The Dark Descent

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Amnesia: The Dark Descent leans harder on execution: Stealth and hiding, low demand.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo leans harder on variance: Unreliable memories hide the true sequence of events

Optimization3 vs 3

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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Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent