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Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos); Silent Hill leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).

EXECUTION3 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Keep Talking and Nobody ExplodesSilent Hill

Axis by axis

Execution3 vs 3

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 4

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes leans harder on variance: Random module combinations every bomb

Optimization6 vs 7

Silent Hill leans harder on optimization: Routes, puzzles, and endings fully converge on replay

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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