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Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony cover artvsThe Excavation of Hob's Barrow cover art

Danganronpa V3: Killing HarmonyvsThe Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); The Excavation of Hob's Barrow leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Danganronpa V3: Killing HarmonyThe 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

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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Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

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The Excavation of Hob's Barrow