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Hyper Light DriftervsSerious Sam: Next Encounter

Hyper Light Drifter leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Serious Sam: Next Encounter leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).

EXECUTION7 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 7

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 1

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 4

Hyper Light Drifter leans harder on optimization: Module loadouts and routing

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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