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Cloudpunk cover artvsThe Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe cover art

CloudpunkvsThe Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Cloudpunk leans Optimization (Light / Casual); The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Cloudpunk leans harder on execution: Flying a HOVA between waypoints is failure-proof

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

Cloudpunk leans harder on optimization: Choices flavour the story; little to solve

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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