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Layers of Fear (2016) cover artvsPeggle Extreme cover art

Layers of Fear (2016)vsPeggle Extreme

Layers of Fear (2016) leans Variance (Systems & Chaos); Peggle Extreme leans Variance (Systems & Chaos).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
Layers of Fear (2016)Peggle Extreme

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 3

Peggle Extreme leans harder on execution: Aiming the launcher takes mild precision, physics does the rest

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 6

Peggle Extreme leans harder on variance: Bounce physics make most outcomes luck after the first peg

Optimization4 vs 4

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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Layers of Fear (2016)

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