head to head

Code Name S.T.E.A.M.vsLisa: The Painful

Code Name S.T.E.A.M. leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Lisa: The Painful leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

Code Name S.T.E.A.M.Lisa: The Painful

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 2

Code Name S.T.E.A.M. leans harder on execution: Manual third-person aiming adds a real but small hands layer

Reads1 vs 0

Code Name S.T.E.A.M. leans harder on reads: Alien AI runs fixed behaviours, never modelling you

Variance3 vs 3

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

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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