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Hexen: Beyond Heretic cover artvsWarhammer: End Times - Vermintide cover art

Hexen: Beyond HereticvsWarhammer: End Times - Vermintide

Hexen: Beyond Heretic leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Hexen: Beyond HereticWarhammer: End Times - Vermintide

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 1

Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide leans harder on reads: Skaven AI director randomises, never adapts to you

Variance3 vs 4

Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide leans harder on variance: Director spawns and loot dice vary every run

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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Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide