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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc cover artvsThe Excavation of Hob's Barrow cover art

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy HavocvsThe Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Excavation of Hob's Barrow leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Danganronpa: Trigger Happy HavocThe Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow leans harder on variance: Dread comes from unknowns that vanish on replay

Optimization6 vs 7

The Excavation of Hob's Barrow leans harder on optimization: Linear puzzles with fixed solutions throughout

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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Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow