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Hell is Us cover artvsMagicka cover art

Hell is UsvsMagicka

Hell is Us leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Magicka leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Hell is UsMagicka

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Hell is Us leans harder on variance: Unguided exploration keeps clues hidden until discovered

Optimization6 vs 7

Magicka leans harder on optimization: Discovering and exploiting spell combinations dominates

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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