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Hammerwatch cover artvsMetro 2033 cover art

HammerwatchvsMetro 2033

Hammerwatch leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Metro 2033 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
HammerwatchMetro 2033

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Hammerwatch leans harder on execution: Kiting hordes and dodging projectiles

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 3

Metro 2033 leans harder on variance: hidden moral points and supplies first run

Optimization5 vs 5

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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