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Dungeon Hunter: Alliance cover artvsSouth Park: The Stick of Truth cover art

Dungeon Hunter: AlliancevsSouth Park: The Stick of Truth

Dungeon Hunter: Alliance leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); South Park: The Stick of Truth leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Dungeon Hunter: AllianceSouth Park: The Stick of Truth

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 3

Dungeon Hunter: Alliance leans harder on execution: Kiting and skill timing matter mildly in crowds

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Dungeon Hunter: Alliance leans harder on variance: Loot rolls flavour each run's gear

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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Dungeon Hunter: Alliance

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South Park: The Stick of Truth