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Heroes of Hammerwatch cover artvsOnce Human cover art

Heroes of HammerwatchvsOnce Human

Heroes of Hammerwatch leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Once Human leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Heroes of HammerwatchOnce Human

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 5

Heroes of Hammerwatch leans harder on execution: Kiting dense mobs and dodging projectiles

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization6 vs 7

Once Human leans harder on optimization: Scenario tech tree, base construction, and gear crafting are solvable

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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