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Deus Ex: Human Revolution cover artvsHalf-Minute Hero cover art

Deus Ex: Human RevolutionvsHalf-Minute Hero

Deus Ex: Human Revolution leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Half-Minute Hero leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION8 /10
Deus Ex: Human RevolutionHalf-Minute Hero

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Deus Ex: Human Revolution leans harder on reads: Guards use scripted alert states, not player-adaptive logic

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization8 vs 8

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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Deus Ex: Human Revolution

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