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Dying LightvsLandstalker

Dying Light leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Landstalker leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Dying Light leans harder on reads: Zombie AI scripted, non-adaptive.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 6

Landstalker leans harder on optimization: Puzzle dungeons and route knowledge carry the game

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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