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Detroit: Become Human cover artvsHey You, Pikachu! cover art

Detroit: Become HumanvsHey You, Pikachu!

Detroit: Become Human leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Hey You, Pikachu! leans Variance (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Detroit: Become HumanHey You, Pikachu!

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 1

Detroit: Become Human leans harder on execution: Quick-time events demand only basic reaction timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Hey You, Pikachu! leans harder on variance: Voice recognition behaves unpredictably moment to moment

Optimization3 vs 3

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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