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Detroit: Become Human cover artvsJu-on: The Grudge cover art

Detroit: Become HumanvsJu-on: The Grudge

Detroit: Become Human leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Ju-on: The Grudge leans Variance (Twitch Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Detroit: Become HumanJu-on: The Grudge

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Ju-on: The Grudge leans harder on reads: Scares are scripted or random, not an adaptive mind

Variance2 vs 4

Ju-on: The Grudge leans harder on variance: Hidden scares add randomized startle moments

Optimization3 vs 2

Detroit: Become Human leans harder on optimization: Flowchart completion is a light solvable puzzle

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

full breakdown

Detroit: Become Human

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Ju-on: The Grudge