head to head

Dungeon Keeper 2 cover artvsSuperhot Prototype cover art

Dungeon Keeper 2vsSuperhot Prototype

Dungeon Keeper 2 leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Superhot Prototype leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Dungeon Keeper 2Superhot Prototype

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 4

Superhot Prototype leans harder on execution: Time-stops-when-you-stop removes most twitch pressure

Reads1 vs 0

Dungeon Keeper 2 leans harder on reads: Hero waves and rival keepers run on scripts.

Variance2 vs 2

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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