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Amnesia: A Machine for PigsvsThe Sims Castaway Stories
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Sims Castaway Stories leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Amnesia: A Machine for PigsThe Sims Castaway Stories
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 3
Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs leans harder on variance: First-run unknowns are the whole experience; spoilers defuse it
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.