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Hell is Us cover artvsThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings cover art

Hell is UsvsThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Hell is Us leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Hell is UsThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Hell is Us leans harder on execution: Melee timing against hollow creatures has real twitch demands

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 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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