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Dying Light cover artvsFatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly cover art

Dying LightvsFatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

Dying Light leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Dying LightFatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly leans harder on variance: Ghost randomness in free-roam sections adds unknown-timing variance

Optimization5 vs 6

Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly leans harder on optimization: Ghost weakpoints, film management and route knowledge are optimisable

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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Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly