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Blade RunnervsUncanny Valley

Blade Runner leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Uncanny Valley leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Blade RunnerUncanny Valley

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 2

Uncanny Valley leans harder on execution: Slow walking and simple actions, minimal dexterity

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance6 vs 5

Blade Runner leans harder on variance: Replicant identities are randomised each playthrough

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.

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