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Killing FloorvsPayday 2

Killing Floor leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Payday 2 leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION7 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE3 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
Killing FloorPayday 2

Axis by axis

Execution7 vs 6

Killing Floor leans harder on execution: Headshots on zeds, kiting, weld timing

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance3 vs 4

Payday 2 leans harder on variance: Random vault locations, guard patrols, and escrow rolls

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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