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Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition cover artvsPostal 2 cover art

Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse EditionvsPostal 2

Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Postal 2 leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse EditionPostal 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition leans harder on execution: Twin-stick aim and movement under a draining flashlight

Reads1 vs 0

Blackout Z: Slaughterhouse Edition leans harder on reads: Zombies swarm on scripts, no prediction

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Postal 2