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Metal Gear Solid 2: SubstancevsSuperHot

Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); SuperHot leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION4 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION6 /10
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Execution4 vs 5

SuperHot leans harder on execution: Time-stops-when-you-stop removes most twitch pressure

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance1 vs 2

SuperHot leans harder on variance: Spawn order is unknown on a first attempt only

Optimization6 vs 7

SuperHot leans harder on optimization: Each level is a solvable movement-and-kill-order puzzle

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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