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Borderlands 2 cover artvsSoulstone Survivors cover art

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Borderlands 2 leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Soulstone Survivors leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 4

Borderlands 2 leans harder on execution: Aim matters but generous hit feel

Reads1 vs 0

Borderlands 2 leans harder on reads: Enemies are scripted loot fodder

Variance6 vs 6

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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