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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs cover artvsReigns: Game of Thrones cover art

Amnesia: A Machine for PigsvsReigns: Game of Thrones

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Reigns: Game of Thrones leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Amnesia: A Machine for PigsReigns: Game of Thrones

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs leans harder on execution: Walking and lever-pulling demand essentially nothing physical

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 5

Reigns: Game of Thrones leans harder on variance: Random card draws and unknown consequences drive each reign

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs

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Reigns: Game of Thrones