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Amnesia: The Dark Descent cover artvsKill It With Fire cover art

Amnesia: The Dark DescentvsKill It With Fire

Amnesia: The Dark Descent leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Kill It With Fire leans Execution (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Kill It With Fire leans harder on execution: Swatting spiders needs only loose aim

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Kill It With Fire leans harder on variance: Spider hiding spots are unknown until flushed out

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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