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Eventide: Slavic Fable cover artvsThe Vanishing of Ethan Carter cover art

Eventide: Slavic FablevsThe Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Eventide: Slavic Fable leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Vanishing of Ethan Carter leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Eventide: Slavic FableThe Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 1

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Eventide: Slavic Fable leans harder on variance: Object locations are unknown until spotted

Optimization4 vs 3

Eventide: Slavic Fable leans harder on optimization: Formulaic puzzles converge fast with genre experience

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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Eventide: Slavic Fable

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The Vanishing of Ethan Carter