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Apsulov: End of Gods cover artvsThe Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan cover art

Apsulov: End of GodsvsThe Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

Apsulov: End of Gods leans Variance (Twitch Chaos); The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Apsulov: End of GodsThe Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 2

Apsulov: End of Gods leans harder on execution: Stealth evasion and sprints need only light reflexes

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 4

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan leans harder on optimization: Once branches are known, keeping everyone alive is solvable.

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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Apsulov: End of Gods

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The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan