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Amnesia: The Bunker leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Emily Wants to Play leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Amnesia: The Bunker leans harder on execution: Tense stealth and limited firearm use raise the execution bar

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 5

Amnesia: The Bunker leans harder on variance: Randomised item placement each run and creature patrol timing add real uncertainty

Optimization6 vs 6

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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