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Bloodborne cover artvsThe Evil Within cover art

BloodbornevsThe Evil Within

Bloodborne leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Evil Within leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
BloodborneThe Evil Within

Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 7

Bloodborne leans harder on execution: Aggressive dodges and rally timing demand sharp hands.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

The Evil Within leans harder on variance: Chest contents and drop tables have minor variance

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Bloodborne

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The Evil Within