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Deep Rock Galactic cover artvsS.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl cover art

Deep Rock GalacticvsS.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Deep Rock Galactic leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl leans Execution (Twitch Chaos).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Deep Rock GalacticS.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 6

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl leans harder on variance: Anomalies, emissions, stash rolls, and unknown Zone layouts hide information

Optimization6 vs 6

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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