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Blitzkrieg cover artvsHitman 2 cover art

BlitzkriegvsHitman 2

Blitzkrieg leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Hitman 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
BlitzkriegHitman 2

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Blitzkrieg leans harder on variance: Hidden ambushes and hit calculations

Optimization8 vs 9

Hitman 2 leans harder on optimization: Each map a routing optimization problem.

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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