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Drova: Forsaken Kin cover artvsThe Evil Within 2 cover art

Drova: Forsaken KinvsThe Evil Within 2

Drova: Forsaken Kin leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Evil Within 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Drova: Forsaken KinThe Evil Within 2

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

The Evil Within 2 leans harder on execution: Open-zone combat demands solid aim and positioning

Reads0 vs 1

The Evil Within 2 leans harder on reads: Enemies are scripted; no adaptive opponent

Variance3 vs 3

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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Drova: Forsaken Kin

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