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Hexen: Beyond Heretic cover artvsThe Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor cover art

Hexen: Beyond HereticvsThe Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor

Hexen: Beyond Heretic leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Hexen: Beyond HereticThe Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 8

The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor leans harder on execution: Tracking four simultaneous note lanes is a rhythm execution wall

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 2

Hexen: Beyond Heretic leans harder on variance: Puzzle item placement and key locations are opaque until found

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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Hexen: Beyond Heretic

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The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor