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Blasphemous cover artvsHeretic II cover art

BlasphemousvsHeretic II

Blasphemous leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Heretic II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
BlasphemousHeretic II

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

Heretic II leans harder on variance: Level layouts are unknown only until explored

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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Blasphemous

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Heretic II