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Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star cover artvsThe Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe cover art

Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday StarvsThe Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star leans Optimization (Light / Casual); The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION0 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday StarThe Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Axis by axis

Execution0 vs 0

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star leans harder on reads: Characters are scripted, not adaptive

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization3 vs 2

Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star leans harder on optimization: Choosing routes to unlock endings is light planning

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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Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star

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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe