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DREDGE cover artvsPathologic Classic HD cover art

DREDGEvsPathologic Classic HD

DREDGE leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Pathologic Classic HD leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION2 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
DREDGEPathologic Classic HD

Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Pathologic Classic HD leans harder on reads: NPCs follow fixed schedules, not adaptive

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 6

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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DREDGE

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Pathologic Classic HD