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Half-Life: Alyx cover artvsHeave Ho cover art

Half-Life: AlyxvsHeave Ho

Half-Life: Alyx leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Heave Ho leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 2

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

Half-Life: Alyx leans harder on optimization: Few systems to tune.

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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