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Don't StarvevsHeat Signature

Don't Starve leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Heat Signature leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE7 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Don't StarveHeat Signature

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 3

Heat Signature leans harder on execution: Pause tool removes most dexterity pressure

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance7 vs 7

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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