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Grimm's Hollow cover artvsSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP cover art

Grimm's HollowvsSuperbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

Grimm's Hollow leans Optimization (Pure Optimization); Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION2 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution2 vs 2

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Grimm's Hollow leans harder on reads: AI enemies scripted, not adaptive

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Grimm's Hollow leans harder on optimization: party builds and turn order are solvable

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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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP