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Code Name S.T.E.A.M. cover artvsThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified cover art

Code Name S.T.E.A.M.vsThe Bureau: XCOM Declassified

Code Name S.T.E.A.M. leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Bureau: XCOM Declassified leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Code Name S.T.E.A.M.The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified leans harder on execution: cover shooting timing is moderate

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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