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Helldivers cover artvsRemnant II cover art

HelldiversvsRemnant II

Helldivers leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Remnant II leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE6 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
HelldiversRemnant II

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 7

Remnant II leans harder on execution: Soulslike dodges with gunplay timing

Reads1 vs 2

Remnant II leans harder on reads: Bosses scripted, not adaptive

Variance6 vs 6

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Helldivers

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Remnant II