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Heavy RainvsSilent Hill 2

Heavy Rain leans Execution (Light / Casual); Silent Hill 2 leans Execution (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION3 /10
Heavy RainSilent Hill 2

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Silent Hill 2 leans harder on reads: enemies scripted, not truly adaptive

Variance2 vs 3

Silent Hill 2 leans harder on variance: fog and enemy placement randomness

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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