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Fatal Frame cover artvsGrand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars cover art

Fatal FramevsGrand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Fatal Frame leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Fatal FrameGrand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

Axis by axis

Execution4 vs 4

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Fatal Frame leans harder on reads: Ghosts wander but never adapt to you

Variance4 vs 3

Fatal Frame leans harder on variance: Ghost appearances feel unpredictable until learned

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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Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars