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Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories cover artvsThe Evil Within 2 cover art

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of MemoriesvsThe Evil Within 2

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); The Evil Within 2 leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION5 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION7 /10
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of MemoriesThe Evil Within 2

Axis by axis

Execution5 vs 6

The Evil Within 2 leans harder on execution: Open-zone combat demands solid aim and positioning

Reads1 vs 1

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance4 vs 3

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories leans harder on variance: Card draws and sleights add draw luck

Optimization7 vs 7

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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Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

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The Evil Within 2