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Dishonored cover artvsHalf-Minute Hero cover art

DishonoredvsHalf-Minute Hero

Dishonored leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Half-Minute Hero leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
DishonoredHalf-Minute Hero

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 5

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Dishonored leans harder on reads: Guard AI scripted, non-adaptive.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 8

Half-Minute Hero leans harder on optimization: Route optimisation per stage is the whole game

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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