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Hell is UsvsPayday 2

Hell is Us leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Payday 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Hell is UsPayday 2

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Hell is Us leans harder on reads: Enemies follow fixed behaviours, not adaptive minds

Variance3 vs 4

Payday 2 leans harder on variance: Random vault locations, guard patrols, and escrow rolls

Optimization6 vs 6

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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