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Heavy Rain cover artvsRush: A Disney Pixar Adventure cover art

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Heavy Rain leans Execution (Light / Casual); Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure leans Execution (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Heavy RainRush: A Disney Pixar Adventure

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Heavy Rain leans harder on variance: First-run uncertainty about consequences

Optimization3 vs 3

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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