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Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the MimicvsThe Banner Saga
Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); The Banner Saga leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos).
Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the MimicThe Banner Saga
Axis by axis
Execution3 vs 2
Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic leans harder on execution: Walking, hiding and gadget use under pressure, modest demands
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance5 vs 5
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization6 vs 7
The Banner Saga leans harder on optimization: Willpower economy and armor-strip sequencing are learnable solutions
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.