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Dino CrisisvsSilent Hill: Downpour
Dino Crisis leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Silent Hill: Downpour leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Dino CrisisSilent Hill: Downpour
Axis by axis
Execution4 vs 3
Dino Crisis leans harder on execution: Tank-control dodging of fast raptors punishes slow hands
Reads0 vs 0
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance4 vs 4
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Dino Crisis leans harder on optimization: Ammo economy, plug puzzles, and routing dominate survival
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.