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Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime cover artvsPayday: The Heist cover art

Lovers in a Dangerous SpacetimevsPayday: The Heist

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Payday: The Heist leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION6 /10READS1 /10VARIANCE4 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
Lovers in a Dangerous SpacetimePayday: The Heist

Axis by axis

Execution6 vs 6

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads1 vs 0

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime leans harder on reads: No adaptive opponent - enemies follow scripted wave patterns

Variance4 vs 4

Even - both lean on variance about the same.

Optimization5 vs 5

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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Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime

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Payday: The Heist