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Layers of Fear (2016) cover artvsReplica cover art

Layers of Fear (2016)vsReplica

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

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE5 /10OPTIMIZATION4 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Layers of Fear (2016) leans harder on execution: Walking and interacting; no combat or twitch demand

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance5 vs 5

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization4 vs 5

Replica leans harder on optimization: Deduction from phone contents has discrete solutions per ending

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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